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The hierarchy of the Catholic Church consists of its bishops, priests, and deacons. In the ecclesiological sense of the term, "hierarchy" strictly means the "holy ordering" of the church, the Body of Christ, so to respect the diversity of gifts and ministries necessary for genuine unity.
The hierarchical order of society. The pope enthroned as the supreme authority rules over the worldly powers and the laity (on his left) and the clergy and the religious (on his right). The white and black hounds are visual puns on Dominicans— Dominus canes (“hounds of the Lord”).
The Catholic Church teaches as a doctrine of faith that Christ gave the Church, in his apostles, a hierarchical structure of an episcopal nature and that within the hierarchy and the Church he established a primacy of authority in the successor of St. Peter. HIERARCHICAL CONSTITUTION OF THE CHURCH.
17 de feb. de 2005 · The basic order of authority in the Church’s hierarchy is as follows. The highest authority belongs to the Bishop of Rome (the pope), who “has full, supreme and universal power over the whole Church, a power which he can always exercise unhindered” ( Catechism of the Catholic Church , no.882).
We read in 1 Corinthians 12, and Ephesians 4 of the order of ministries within the church and the contribution each makes to the life and mission of the whole. Church structure is typically viewed as a hierarchy in the form of a pyramid, with the pope at the top, then bishops, priests and deacons, religious and laity structured on down through ...
• Canon Law applies to the Catholic Church worldwide • Episcopal Norms apply within the Episcopal Conference (such as the US) • Diocesan Statutes and Norms carry more legal weight than Episcopal Norms, based on the legal authority of the Bishop • Parochial Norms and Rules do not have the force of law Titles, Roles, and
Hierarchy of the Church. The Catholic Church has a hierarchical structure consisting of bishops, priests and deacons. The Bishop of Rome, the Pope, enjoys a special role in this hierarchical structure. However, the Primacy of the Pope is considered in a separate document. The focus here is on the offices of bishop, priest and deacon.
