Catholic Word of the Day: IRREGULARITY, 06-17-10

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IRREGULARITY

A canonical impediment, preventing one from entering the clerical state or continuing the exercise of any orders already received. Irregularities may be ex defectu in the subject, such as bodily deformities, epilepsy, insanity, or illegitimacy; or ex delicto, such as apostasy, heresy, homicide, attempted suicide, or marriage when bound by holy orders or religious vows. Ignorance of irregularities does not excuse one from them. Irregularities for the most part require papal dispensation; only in a few instances is the dispensation of a bishop sufficient.

All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

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One of the reasons the Pope sent groups to visit and clean up the seminaries. Thanksfully, it is now happening with the convents.

Thank you, God!

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Mass Salutation	Old Law	Nazarene
Subjectivism	Papal Coronation	Apostle
Subdiaconate	Mala Fide	Spiritual Espousals
Baptistery	Didache (Teaching of the twelve Apostles)	Aglipayanism
Tabernacle	Council of Trullo	Mortuarium
Repairing Scandal	Auriesville	New Law
Perfectae Caritatis	Violence	Tertian
Rule	Corpus Christi	Czestochowa
Solicitude	Evil Desire	Hexameron
Quadragesimo Anno	Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem	Latin Architecture
Apocalypse	Possessive Instinct	Alb
Cruelty to Animals	Cities of Refuge	Irregularity

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must ... not ... make ... potty ... joke.... must ... not ... make ... potty ... joke....

[ArrogantBustard]

Heh heh ...

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Irregularities may be ex defectu in the subject, such as bodily deformities, epilepsy, insanity, or illegitimacy; or ex delicto, such as apostasy, heresy, homicide, attempted suicide, or marriage when bound by holy orders or religious vows.

How about being a faggot?

In a sane world, I suppose that would fall under "insanity".

In the real world?

It should be explicitly stated ...

[Uncle Miltie]

In before Metamucil pic!

[Tax-chick]

My first thought, too. Sigh ... we all have our bodily weaknesses, of one kind or another ...

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Can irregularity be cured by taking Metamucil(R)?

[the invisib1e hand]

exlax.

[Straight Vermonter]

Earlier Catholic Words of the Day

Mass Salutation	Old Law	Nazarene
Subjectivism	Papal Coronation	Apostle
Subdiaconate	Mala Fide	Spiritual Espousal
Baptistery	Didache (teachings of the 12 Apostles)	Aglipayanism
Tabernacle	Council of Trullo	Mortuarium
Repairing Scandal	Auriesville	New Law
Perfectae Caritatis	Violence	Tertian
Rule	Corpus Christi	Czestochowa
Solicitude	Evil Desire	Hexameron
Quadragesimo Anno	Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem	Latin Architecture
Apocalypse	Possesive Instinct	Alb
Cruelty to Animals	Cities of Refuge	Irregularity