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Presbyterorum Ordinis EN

DECREE ON THE MINISTRY AND LIFE OF PRIESTS
DECEMBER 7, 1965

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9999	DECREE ON THE MINISTRY AND LIFE OF PRIESTS PRESBYTERORUM ORDINIS
1	PREFACE CHAPTER I
2	THE PRIESTHOOD IN THE MINISTRY OF THE CHURCH
3	CHAPTER II - The Ministry of Priests
4	SECTION I Priests' Functions
7	SECTION 2 Priests' Relationships with Others
10	SECTION 3 The Distribution of Priests, and Vocations to the Priesthood
11	CHAPTER III The Life of Priests
12	SECTION 1 The Vocation of Priests to the Life of Perfection
15	SECTION 2 Special Spiritual Requirements in the Life of a Priest
16	(Celibacy is to be embraced and esteemed as a gift)
17	(Relationship to the world and temporal goods, and voluntary poverty.) SECTION THREE - Aids to the Life of Priests
18	(Aids to encourage the spiritual life.)
19	(Study and pastoral knowledge.)
20	(Providing equitable remuneration for priests.)
21	(On setting up common funds and establishing a system of social assistance for priests.)
22	CONCLUSION AND EXHORTATION