Correctio fraterna

Correctio fraterna ( Latin for fraternal correction ) isthe Latin termin Christian theology for the duty of fraternal correction in order to make fellow Christians aware of wrongdoing and sin .

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A gradual gradation is biblically mapped out (cf. Mt 18.15–17 EU ):

Private conversation,
Conversation in front of witnesses
Conversation within the community ,
Exclusion from the community.

The Latin term probably refers to the rule of St. Benedict of Nursia returns.

Fraternal rebuke has become an important procedural guideline in canon law and as such is part of the Catholic adult catechism , but also present in Protestant theology. In free churches , too , fraternal rebuke is practiced according to the procedural lines laid out in the Bible.

Quotes

From the Regula Benedicti , chap. 23:

“There are times when a brother is stubborn, or disobedient, or haughty, or grumbles and goes against the Sacred Rule and the instructions of his superiors on something. If he proves to be a despiser in this way, he will be secretly admonished once and a second time by his superiors according to the instruction of our Lord. (Mt 15-17) If he does not improve, he will be publicly reprimanded in front of everyone. But if he doesn't get better, if he can see what the punishment means, then the expulsion hits him. But if he doesn't understand, corporal punishment. "

Pope Benedict XVI admonished in 2005 to exercise the correctio fraterna :

“Brotherly correction is a work of mercy. None of us sees ourselves well, sees our faults well. And so it is an act of love to help one another, to help one another to see one another better, to correct one another. I think that it is precisely one of the functions of collegiality to help one another [...] to recognize the defects that we ourselves do not want to see - “ab occultis meis munda me” says the Psalm EU - to help us with this we become open and can see these things. Of course, this great work of mercy requires that we help each other so that everyone can really find their own integrity, their own functionality as an instrument of God, a lot of humility and love, with a humble heart that does not place itself above others, not as viewed better than the other, but solely as a humble instrument to help one another. "

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literature

Josef Ernst: Brotherly rebuke. I. Biblical . In: Walter Kasper (Ed.): Lexicon for Theology and Church . 3. Edition. tape 2 . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1994, Sp. 715 f .
Johannes Gründel : Brotherly correction. II. Theological-ethical . In: Walter Kasper (Ed.): Lexicon for Theology and Church . 3. Edition. tape 2 . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1994, Sp. 716-717 .

Remarks

↑ “The mission of the pastors ... is to proclaim the word of God for teaching, admonition, correction and censure publicly and for individuals, to administer the sacraments and to carry out fraternal correction together with the elders (and councilors). “(Jean Calvin, Ordonnances ecclésiastiques, [1561], I.2.4.) Quoted from [1] .
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^ Contemplation by Pope Benedict XVI. on October 3, 2005

[1] “The mission of the pastors ... is to proclaim the word of God for teaching, admonition, correction and censure publicly and for individuals, to administer the sacraments and to carry out fraternal correction together with the elders (and councilors). “(Jean Calvin, Ordonnances ecclésiastiques, [1561], I.2.4.) Quoted from [1] .

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[3] Contemplation by Pope Benedict XVI. on October 3, 2005