College of Priests

José Ramón Villar

University of Navarra , Poland

Abstract

Ordo presbyterorum and Presbyterium are not distinct realities, because Ordo presbyterorum exist and is realised in the whole of all Presbyteria. Sacramentally, all presbyters are part of Ordo presbyterorum and simultaneously of particular Presbyteria, in which Ordo presbyterorum is realised existentially. That is why presbyters do not posses ‘two’ separate kinds of membership, nor ‘double’ membership, but the sacramental, single, and ‘simultaneous’ membership of Ordo presbyterorum and their Presbyteria. This sacramental bond alone causes simultaneous membership of Ordo presbyterorum and Presbyteria. Pursuant to the same and single sacramental title, the membership of Ordo presbyterorum is sacramental and direct and so is the membership of Presbyterium, in which Ordo presbyterorum exist and is realised.