Incardination and the Universal Dimension of the Priestly Ministry: A Comparison Between CIC 17 and CIC 83

This thesis takes the mutual relationship that exists between the particular and universal church as outlined in the second Vatican Council and examines how it is reflected in the ministry of the bishop and the priest whose ministries belong to the essence of the church...Recent magisterila reflections which unfold the thological pastoral and spiritual dimensions of the juridical practice of incardination are explored.