The Code of Canon Law Rights and obligations of Clerics

The Code of Canon Law CHAPTER III. THE OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS OF CLERICS Can. 273 Clerics are bound by a special obligation to show reverence and obedience to the Supreme Pontiff and their own ordinary. Can. 274 §1. Only clerics can obtain offices for... More

The Code of Canon Law CHAPTER III. THE OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS OF CLERICS Can. 273 Clerics are bound by a special obligation to show reverence and obedience to the Supreme Pontiff and their own ordinary. Can. 274 §1. Only clerics can obtain offices for whose exercise the power of orders or the power of ecclesiastical governance is required. §2. Unless a legitimate impediment excuses them, clerics are bound to undertake and fulfill faithfully a function which their ordinary has entrusted to them. Can. 275 §1. Since clerics all work for the same purpose, namely, the building up of the Body of Christ, they are to be united among themselves by a bond of brotherhood and prayer and are to strive for cooperation among themselves according to the prescripts of particular law. §2. Clerics are to acknowledge and promote the mission which the laity, each for his or her part, exercise in the Church and in the world. Can. 276 §1. In leading their lives, clerics are bound in a special Less