This book examines the historical antecedents of the concept of
general chapter, the supreme authority in an institute of
consecrated life. This provides the basis for an examination of the
contemporary understanding of the nature of its power and
authority, as portrayed in the 1983 Code of Canon Law. The general
chapter is analysed in terms of its juridic status, collegial
nature, participative character and representative function as well
as its dynamic aspects and faith dimension. The author applies the
findings to one institute of consecrated life, Institute of the
Blessed Virgin Mary Loreto Branch. This application provides an
example of the challenges inherent in working participatively and
collaboratively within a hierarchical structure. Because
consecrated life has an inalienable ecclesial dimension,
understanding authority and power and their exercise in institutes
of consecrated life has relevance for understanding authority and
its exercise in other organs of authority at all levels in the
church.
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