Part II. On the Particular Obligations of Clerics

§ 1. Those who have been devoted to the divine ministries by at least the first tonsure are called clerics.

§ 2. Not all are in the same grade, but among them there is a sacred hierarchy in which some are subordinated to others.

§ 3. By divine institution the sacred hierarchy, by reason of order, consists of Bishops, priests, and ministers; by reason of jurisdiction, of the supreme pontificate and the subordinate episcopate; but by the institution of the Church other grades also have been added (Can. 108).

§ 1. Every cleric must be ascribed either to some diocese or to some religion, so that wandering clerics are in no way admitted (Can. 111). Clerics alone can obtain the power either of order or of ecclesiastical jurisdiction, and ecclesiastical benefices and pensions (Can. 118).

Positive Duties of Clerics

Within this part

Chapter I. On Obligations Common to All Clericsnn. 567–593
- Article I. On the Positive Obligations of Clericsnn. 567–584
- Article II. On the Negative Obligations of Clericsnn. 585–593
Chapter II. On Certain Obligations Proper to Clericsnn. 594–601
- Article I. On the Obligations of Bishopsnn. 594–595
- Article II. On the Obligations of Parish Priestsnn. 596–601
Appendix: On the Privileges of Clericsnn. 602–607
- § I. On the Privileges of Clerics in Commonn. 602
- § II. On the Privileges of Bishopsnn. 603–607