Změny v právu zasvěceného života od promulgace Kodexu kanonického práva z r. 1983
Changes in the Law of Consecrated Life Since the Promulgation of the 1983 Code of Canon Law

Summary/Abstract: This article presents the changes in one sub-area of the law of the Latin Catholic Church: the law of consecrated life, from the 1983 promulgation of the Code of Canon Law to the present, i.e., to November 2023. These changes result both positively from a response to the charismatic element of the life of the Christian community and negatively from shortcomings in the practice of consecrated life. The presented changes concern order of virgins, the preparation and establishment of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, non-clerics as superiors in clerical Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, the administration of property, the exclaustration, the permission to departure for members with temporary vows or other commitments and the dismissal of members, and extensive modifications concerning the monasteries of nuns. In the conclusion, these changes are categorized into three groups: the emphasis on the principle of subsidiarity by strengthening the autonomy of the internal superiors and their councils (which includes an emphasis on the element of synodality), centralization with an accent on the authenticity of consecrated life, and regulations for areas not yet addressed or insufIciently addressed.

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