Vow of obedience

In the

Description

This is stipulated in

• the candidate's respective Church law, for example in the
  Roman Catholic Church, the 1983 Code of Canon Law
  (see canons 573, 601, 603.2)
• the candidate's respective rule, for example for those that are to be received into a
  Rule of St Benedict
  (ch. 58.17).

The 1983 Code of Canon Law (canon 601) defines it as follows:

"The evangelical counsel of obedience, undertaken in a spirit of faith and love in the following of Christ who was obedient even unto death requires a submission of the will to legitimate superiors, who stand in the place of God when they command according to the proper constitutions."^[1]

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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Religious Obedience". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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