RESPONSA AD PROPOSITA DUBIA DE VALIDITATE BAPTISMATIS
D. 1. Utrum validus sit baptismus collatus cum formulis « I baptize you in the name of the Creator, and of the Redeemer, and of the Sanctifier » et « I baptize you in the name of the Creator, and of the Liberator, and of the Sustainer »?
D. 2. Utrum qui baptizati sunt cum his formulis absolute baptizandi sunt?
RESPONSA
Ad primum: Negative.
Ad secundum: Affirmative.
Summus Pontifex Benedictus XVI, in Audientia infrascripto Cardinali Praefecto concessa, haec responsa in Sessione Ordinaria huius Congregationis deliberata, adprobavit et publici iuris fieri iussit .
Datum Romae, ex AEdibus Congregationis pro Doctrina Fidei, die I mensis Februarii anno MMVIII.
Gulielmus Card. Levada Praefectus
✠ Angelus Amato , S.D.B.Secretarius
RESPONSES TO PROPOSED DOUBTS ABOUT THE VALIDITY OF BAPTISM
D. 1. Whether baptism conferred with the formulas « I baptize you in the name of the Creator, and of the Redeemer, and of the Sanctifier » and « I baptize you in the name of the Creator, and of the Liberator, and of the Sustainer » is valid?
D. 2. Whether those who were baptized with these formulas should be baptized absolutely?
RESPONSES
To the first: In the negative.
To the second: In the affirmative.
The Supreme Pontiff, Benedict XVI, in an Audience granted to the Cardinal Prefect mentioned below, approved these responses which were deliberated in the Ordinary Session of this Congregation and ordered them to be published .
Issued in Rome, from the Offices of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 1 February 2008.
William Card. Levada Prefect
✠ Angelo Amato , S.D.B.Secretary
Notitiae 45 (2008), 134baptism , inclusive language Prot. N. 652/08/L
DECRETUM
Congregationi de Cultu Divino et Disciplina Sacramentorum propositae sunt aliquae variationes in editionem typicam tertiam Missalis Romani introducendae, quibus hic liber liturgicus praxi in Ecclesia Romana traditae arctius respondeat. Dicasterium, occasione data praeparationis reimpressionis emendatae eiusdem Missalis, ea quae sequuntur sumpsit:
1. Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani in posterum sic recitet:
« 149. Sacerdos prosequitur Precem eucharisticam iuxta rubricas, quae in singulis Precibus exponuntur.
Si celebrans est Episcopus, in Precibus, post verba: Papa nostro N. , subiungit: et me indigno fámoulo tuo , vel post verba: Papae nostri N. , subiungit: mei indigni fámuli tui . Si autem Episcopus extra dioecesim suam celebrat, post verba: Papa nostro N. , subiungit: et fratre meo N., Epíscopo huius Ecclésiae, et me indígno fámulo tuo , vel post verba: Papae nostri N. , subiungit: fratris mei N., Epíscopi hius Ecclésiae et mei indígni fámuli tui.
Episcopus dioecesanus, aut qui eidem in iure aequiparatus est, nominari debet hac formula: una cum fámulo tuo Papa nostro N. et Epíscopo (vel: Vicário, Praeláto, Praefécto, Abbáte ) nostro N.
Episcopos Coadiutorem et Auxiliares, non autem alio Episcopos forte preasentes, nominari licet in Prece eucharistica. Quando plures nominandi sunt, dicitur sub formula generali: et Epíscopo nostro N. eiúsque Epíscopis adiutóribus.
In unaquaque Prece eucharistica, praedictae formular aptandae sunt, normis grammaticorum attentis ».
2. Insuper, Preces Eucharisticae pro Missis cum Pueris ne amplius in editionem typicam Missalis Romani linqua latinia exarati inserantur. Harum textus, debite quoad disciplinam et expressiones revisi, extra Missale Romanum imprimentur.
3. Iuxta propositionem Patrum Synodus Episcoporum a Summo Pontifice rogatam (cf. Adhortatio Apostolica post-Synodalis Sacramentum caritatis , n. 51), prater traditam dismissionis formulam Ite, missa est , aliquae aliae formulae, ad libitum adhibendae, loco proprio in editionem typicam Missalis Romani posthac introducantur.
Haec omni infrascriptus Congregationis Praefectus Summo Pontifici Benedicto XVI rttulit, qui, in audientia die 2 mensis februarii 2008, in Festo Praesentationis Domini, eidem concessa, textum editionis typicae tertiae Missalis Romani modo supra exposito variari benigne statuit.
Supradicta variatio de Institutione Generali Missalis Romani statim ac hoc Decretum prodierit observari potest, vigere autem incipiet a die 1 mensis novembris 2008.
Ex aedibus Congrgationis de Cultu Divino et Dsciplina Sacramentorum, die 8 mensis iunii 2008 datum.
✠ Francis Card. Arinze
Praefectus
✠ Albertus Malcolmus Ranjith
Archiepiscopus a Secretis
Notitiae 45 (2008), 175–176bishop , eucharistic prayer , roman missal
Utrum liceat sacerdoti celebranti communicare solus postquam Sanctam Eucharistiam fidelibus distribuerit aut Sanctam Eucharistiam distribuere et postea communicare simul cum populo?
℟. Negative ad utrumque
Huiusmodi usus sacerdotis celebrantis cuiusdam, ut nempe communicet solummodo postquam sanctam Eucharistiam fidelibus distribuerit aut, sancta Eucharistia iam distributa, communicare simul cum omnibus ex singulari opinione manat, qua scilicet fideles, utpote convivae ad mensam eucharistiam, imprimis inserviantur.
Omnibus in Ecclesiae Ritibus invenitur ordo traditus ad sacram Communionem accedendi: antea communicat Episcopus vel sacerdos celebrans, postea alii ministri secundum ordinem hierarchicum, demum populus. Sacerdos primus communicat non humanae praestantiae causa, sed ob dignitatem et naturam sui ministerii. Ipse enim in persona Christi agit, ob integritatem sacramenti et quia populo congregato praeest: « Ita, dum Presbyteri cum actu Christi Sacerdotis se coniungunt, cotidie se totos Deo offerunt, et, dum Corpore Christi nutriuntur, ex corde participant eius caritatem qui se in cibum dat fidelibus » (Presbyterorum ordinis , n. 13).
In editione Missalis Romani a Servo Dei Paulo Pp. VI promulgata fidelium communio immediate sequitur communionem sacerdotis, hoc modo actio unica constituens, aliter ac forma in editione Missalis Romani quae anno 1962 apparuit, qua communio sacerdotis disiungitur a communione fidelium per recitationem « Confiteor », per preces « Misereatur », « Indulgentiam », « Agnus Dei » et « Domine, non sum dignus ».
Norma liturgica vigens statuit: « Sacerdos, quoties sanctam Missam celebrat, toties ad altare tempore a Missali statuto se communicare debet, concelebrantes vero antequam ipsi ad distributionem Communionis procedant. Numquam attendat Sacerdos celebrans vel concelebrans usque ad Communionem populi expletam, ut se communicet » (Redemptionis Sacramentum , n. 97).
Whether it is permitted for the priest celebrant to communicate alone after he has distributed the Holy Eucharist to the faithful or to distribute the Holy Eucharist and afterwards to communicate together with the people?
℟. In the negative to both
This sort of practice on the part of some priest celebrants, namely that of communicating only after distributing the holy Eucharist to the faithful or, having already distributed the holy Eucharist, to communicate together with everyone, flows from an individual opinion, namely that the faithful, as guests at the eucharistic table should be served first.
In all the Rites of the Church the order for approaching holy Communion that has been handed down can be found: first, the Bishop or priest celebrant communicates, then the other ministers according to hierarchical order, and finally the people. The priest communicates first not for the sake of human prestige but on account of the dignity and nature of his ministry. For he acts in the person of Christ, on account of the integrity of the sacrament and because he presides over the people that have been gathered, « Thus, as the Presbyters join themselves with the act of Christ the Priest, daily they offer themselves to God, and, as they are nourished by the Body of Christ, they participate in the charity of him who gives himself as food to the faithful » (Presbyterorum ordinis , n. 13).
In the edition of the Roman Missal promulgated by the Servant of God Paul VI, the communion of the faithful follows immediately the communion of the priest, constituting in this way a single action; it is otherwise in the edition of the Roman Missal which appeared in 1962, in which the communion of the priest is disconnected from the communion of the faithful by the recitation of the « Confiteor », by the prayers « Misereatur », « Indulgentiam », « Agnus Dei » and « Domine, non sum dignus ».
The liturgical norm in force establishes: « The Priest, whenever he clebrates the holy Mass, should always communicate at the altar at the time established by the Missal, the concelebrants, however, before they proceed to the distribution of Communion. The Priest celebrant or a concelebrant should never wait until the Communion of the people is completed to communicate » (Redemptionis Sacramentum , n. 97).
Notitiae 45 (2008), 609communion