Vow of obedience
In the Catholic Church, the vow of obedience is one of the three vows of professing to live according to the evangelical counsels. It constitutes one of the religious vows which are made both by members of the religious institutes and diocesan hermits.
The 1983 Code of Canon Law defines it as follows:
In relation to Christian discipleship, the Second Vatican Council's Dogmatic Constitution on the Church speaks of "liberty strengthened by obedience".
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The vow of obedience is stipulated in- the candidate's respective Church law, for example in the Roman Catholic Church, the 1983 Code of Canon Law
- the candidate's respective rule, for example, for those who are to be received into a Benedictine monastic community, the Rule of St Benedict.
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