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Article III: On The Obligations Of Pastors

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    • Besides the obligations common to clerics and beneficiaries, PASTORS are bound by several others.18 These can be reduced to SEVEN heads, and are the following: 1. Residence; 2. Preaching and Instruction; 3. Administration of Sacraments; 4. Celebration of Mass for the people; 5. Care of the sick and the poor; 6. Correction of sheep; 7. Solicitude of promoting good.

(18) See Bouix, de Parocho; Lucidi, cap. 3, n. 211 sqq.; Craisson, n. 1287 sqq.; Berengo, Enchiridion parochorum, P. III, cap. 2.

Duties of pastors and of the faithful toward themDuties of Particular States and OfficesSpecial Duties of Clerics

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