VII. The Effects of the Sacrament of Holy Orders
As for the proud minister, he is to be ranked with the devil. Christ’s
gift is not thereby profaned: what flows through him keeps its purity, and what
passes through him remains dear and reaches the fertile earth…. the spiritual
power of the sacrament is indeed comparable to light: those to be enlightened
receive it in its purity, and if it should pass through defiled beings, it is
not itself defiled.77
- SECTION TWO THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
- CHAPTER THREE THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION
- ARTICLE 6 THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS
- VII. The Effects of the Sacrament of Holy Orders
- ARTICLE 6 THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS
- CHAPTER THREE THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION
From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team
Original Link: https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P4Y.HTM
