Connotazione giuridica e teologica del diaconato permanente alla luce del Nuovo Codice di Diritto Canonico, del Catechismo della Chiesa Cattolica e del Motu Proprio ‘Omnium in mentem’

The Code of Canon Law (1983), the Catechism of the Catholic Church (1992; 1997) and the Motu Proprio, Omnium in mentem (2009) of Pope Benedict XVI, seek to give a clearer definition of the juridical and theological implication of the Diaconate, specifically that exercised in a permanent way. Prior to the modifications brought about by the Motu Proprio, Omnium in mentem, the Code (cann. 1008-1009), aligns the diaconate to the priesthood and the episcopate, without sufficiently highlighting the nature of their distinctiveness. Canon 1008 affirms thatthrough the Sacrament of Holy Orders, some among the faithful are constituted sacred ministers in the Church, are marked by an indelible character and deputised to fulfil, in the Person of Christ the Head, the pastoral munus of Christ, subdivided by the now traditional terminology of the Second Vatican The Code of Canon Law (1983), the Catechism of the Catholic Church (1992; 1997) and the Motu Proprio, Omnium in mentem (2009) of Pope Benedict XVI, seek to give a clearer definition of the juridical and theological implication of the Diaconate, specifically that exercised in a permanent way. Prior to the modifications brought about by the Motu Proprio, Omnium in mentem, the Code (cann. 1008-1009), aligns the diaconate to the priesthood and the episcopate, without sufficiently highlighting the nature of their distinctiveness. Canon 1008 affirms that through the Sacrament of Holy Orders, some among the faithful are constituted sacred ministers in the Church, are marked by an indelible character and deputised to fulfil, in the Person of Christ the Head, the pastoral munus of Christ, subdivided by the now traditional terminology of the Second Vatican Council, into the 150 triple munus of teaching, sanctifying and governing. Canon 1009, §1, limits itself toCouncil, into the 150 triple munus of teaching, sanctifying and governing. Canon 1009, §1, limits itself to