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VII. Sacraments |
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| 7.1 Life Sacraments | ||
| Article 164-Society Sacraments | ||
| Canon 2962 | ||
| Society Sacraments are thirteen (13) of the thirty three (33) sacred rites of the supremely sacred covenant Pactum De Singularis Caelum instituted by the Divine Creator and entrusted to the Society of One Heaven and all associated valid entities. | ||
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| Canon 2963 | ||
| As society actions of the Divine Creator and One Heaven they are signs and gifts which express and strengthen the society and effect the sanctification of a community and thus contribute in the greatest way to establish, strengthen, and manifest spiritual unity. Accordingly, in the celebration of these society sacraments the sacred ministers and the other members of the faithful must use the greatest veneration and necessary diligence. | ||
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| Canon 2964 | ||
| There are thirteen (13) Society Sacraments being Concordance, Union, Unity, Celebration, Anniversary, Foundation, Consecration, Graduation, Promulgation, Registration, Jubilee, Inauguration and Conclave. | ||
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| Canon 2965 | ||
| Since the Society Sacraments are the same for every faith and Society, it is only for the supreme authority of the Society of One Heaven to approve or define the requirements for their validity and what pertains to their licit celebration, administration, and reception and to the order to be observed in their celebration. | ||
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| Canon 2966 | ||
| Sacred ministers cannot deny a society sacraments to those who seek them at appropriate times, are properly disposed, and are not prohibited by law from receiving them. | ||
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| Canon 2967 | ||
| All ministers, according to their respective ecclesiastical function, have the duty to take care that those who seek a society sacraments are prepared to receive them by proper instruction, attentive to the norms issued by competent authority. | ||
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| Canon 2968 | ||
| Since Society Sacraments imprint a character, they cannot be repeated. | ||
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| Canon 2969 | ||
| If after completing a diligent inquiry a prudent doubt still exists whether one or more Society Sacrament were actually or validly conferred, they are to be conferred conditionally. | ||
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| Canon 2970 | ||
| In celebrating society sacraments the liturgical books approved by competent authority are to be observed faithfully; accordingly, no one is to add, omit, or alter anything in them on one’s own authority. | ||
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| Canon 2971 | ||
| The minister is to seek nothing for the administration of any society sacraments beyond the offerings defined by competent authority, always taking care that the needy are not deprived of the assistance of the sacraments because of poverty. | ||
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