The Potestas Sacra according to Klaus Mörsdorf:  eological Principles, Structure, Mode of Transmission and Nature Cover Image

Potestas sacra według Klausa Mörsdorfa – założenia teologiczne, struktura, sposób przekazywania i charakter
The Potestas Sacra according to Klaus Mörsdorf: eological Principles, Structure, Mode of Transmission and Nature

Author(s): Piotr Skonieczny
Subject(s): Systematic Theology, Pastoral Theology, Canon Law / Church Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
Keywords: Klaus Mörsdorf; potestas sacra ; sacred power; the Second Vatican Council; canon law

Summary/Abstract: is article is a short presentation of the theory of the ecclesial power (called Kirchen- gewalt in German) as found in the Second Vatican Council according to Klaus Mörsdorf, i.e. its theological principles, structure, mode of transmission and nature. e description of the potestas sacra is an opportunity for the Author to reread the concept of the „sacred power” in the Second Vatican Council. e Author himself agrees with Mörsdorf ’s views, even if not all the positions of the Munich Professor were applied in the present canon law.

  • Issue Year: 9/2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 17-38
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish