Orientalium Ecclesiarum
Orientalium Ecclesiarum (OE) is the name of the decree on the Eastern Catholic Churches , formulated by the Second Vatican Council and approved by Pope Paul VI on December 21, 1964 , after its opening words . was promulgated.
The decree
With this council ordinance, the unified Eastern Churches are recognized as particular churches and it is determined that no particular church should receive a special privilege. All particular Churches have the same obligations and are under the direction of the Bishop of Rome . The decree recognizes the right of the Eastern Churches and allows them to practice their own liturgical rites . Orientalium ecclesiarum continues to urge the restoration of unity in the Eastern Churches.
In addition, the document lays down some canonical and liturgical provisions, and a very clear position was given on the right to appoint bishops. This is already expressed in the preface, where it says:
“The Eastern Churches with their institutions and liturgical customs, their traditions and their Christian way of life are highly valued in the Catholic Church. In these values, which are of venerable age, a tradition shines through that reaches back through the Church Fathers to the Apostles. It forms part of the undivided inheritance of the universal Church, revealed by God. The Eastern Churches are living witnesses to this tradition. Care for the Eastern Churches is therefore very close to the heart of the Holy Ecumenical Council. It wishes these churches to blossom anew and to master the task entrusted to them with fresh apostolic strength. That is why, in addition to the ordinances concerning the whole Church, it also passed some resolutions about them. However, it leaves further decisions to the custody of the Oriental Synods and the Apostolic See. "
In addition to the Eastern Catholic Churches, the Council's decree also dealt with matters relating to the Eastern Orthodox Churches separated from Rome. For example, under No. 27, the limited communio in sacris with the mutual admission of Catholics and Orthodox to the sacraments of penance, the anointing of the sick and the Eucharist was approved for the first time. These provisions of the Eastern Church decree on the communion of the Eucharist were taken into account in the new coding of the Codex Iuris Canonici (CIC 1983) in Canon 844, as in the new version of the corresponding canons in the code of the Eastern Catholic Churches, the Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium (CCEO 1990).
Contents overview
After the preface, in which the key messages are already summarized, detailed decisions and instructions follow:
- about the spiritual heritage of the Eastern Churches that should be preserved,
- about the patriarchs of the Eastern Church ,
- to the order of the sacraments ,
- to worship ,
- for intercourse with the brothers from the separate churches.
See also
- Allatae sunt , encyclical of Pope Benedict XIV (1755) on the observance of the oriental rite
- Orientalium dignitas , apostolic letter from Pope Leo XIII. (1894) on the Eastern Churches
- Orientis catholici , apostolic letter from Pope Benedict XV. (1917), with whom he the Pontifical Oriental Institute donated
- Rerum orientalium , encyclical Pope Pius XI. (1928), which calls for in-depth knowledge of oriental studies as an object of priestly formation
literature
- LThK ², The Second Vatican Council I, Freiburg 1966, 361–392. Latin-German parallel text, introduced and commented by Johannes Maria Hoeck .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Ernst Christoph Suttner: Orientalium Ecclesiarum . In: Wolfgang Thönissen (Hrsg.): Lexicon of ecumenism and denominational studies . On behalf of the Johann Adam Möhler Institute for Ecumenism. Herder. Freiburg in Breisgau. 2007. ISBN 978-3-451-29500-3 . Pp. 1000-1001.
- ↑ Codex Iuris Canonici. Code of Canon Law. Latin-German edition . 3. Edition. Butzon & Bercker, Kevelaer 1989, ISBN 3-7666-9642-4 , pp. 385-387 .