The rights and duties of the Christ’s faithful in the CIC 1983 with particular focus on the rights and duties of family Cover Image

Prawa i obowiązki wiernych ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem praw i obowiązków rodziny
The rights and duties of the Christ’s faithful in the CIC 1983 with particular focus on the rights and duties of family

Author(s): Tomasz Kornecki
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Systematic Theology, Pastoral Theology, Canon Law / Church Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
Keywords: CIC 1983; Catholic Church

Summary/Abstract: The members of the Catholic Church have both rights and responsibilities, which result from the nature of the human being, as people are called to follow their vocation in life. However, to make it possible people and their activities must be protected by the rights and duties. Code of Canon Law sets out the rights and responsibilities of those who believe. It should be emphasized that these rights and duties permeate each other. A human being, as a member of the community of the Church through baptism, has the right, but also the obligation to promote holiness in life and thus strive to achieve it, since not only does it enrich inner life, but it also a ects family life making it more human and more Christian. Parents should enjoy the right to educate their children according to their own beliefs and systems of values, and the state authorities cannot infract or destroy these systems. The right to education is a part of the idea of evangelization, which should originate from the closest members of a family. At the same time members of the Church, including both parents and children, can rely on help from the clergy in achieving salvation. They have the right to form associations and the right to defend the good name.

  • Issue Year: 10/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 149-160
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish