II. Serious Spiritual Need?

As Freeman points out, the 1993 Directory for the Application of Principles and Norms on Ecumenism generally repeats the criteria from 1972 but drops the reference to “serious spiritual need,” raising the bar to “danger of death” in paragraph 130. I would add here that the 1993 Directory also says n...

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Published inHorizons (Villanova) Vol. 45; no. 2; pp. 394 - 399
Main Author Brunk, Timothy
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.12.2018
Subjects
Catholic churches
Christianity
Communion
Spirituality
Theological Roundtable
Theology
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Summary:As Freeman points out, the 1993 Directory for the Application of Principles and Norms on Ecumenism generally repeats the criteria from 1972 but drops the reference to “serious spiritual need,” raising the bar to “danger of death” in paragraph 130. I would add here that the 1993 Directory also says nothing about lacking recourse to the sacrament in one's own tradition for a prolonged period of time. The 1993 text states only that the person in question be “unable to have recourse for the sacrament desired to a minister of his or her own Church or ecclesial Community.”
ISSN:0360-9669
2050-8557
DOI:10.1017/hor.2018.75