Promise of Obedience: A Ritual History Book

	Preface
1	Roman Beginnings and the Pallium	1
	Roman Beginnings	3
	Boniface and the Eighth Century	5
	The Eighth and Ninth Centuries	10
	Eighth-Century Ordination Rites	11
	Hincmar and the Ninth Century	13
	Ecclesiological Reflections	14
2	Ordination Rites and Roman Pontificals	17
	The Romano-Germanic Pontifical	17
	Ordines Romani of the Tenth Century	26
	The Roman Pontificals of the Twelfth Century	27
	The Pontifical of the Roman Curia of the Thirteenth Century	30
	The Pontifical of William Durandus	32
	The Council of Trent	41
3	Monastic and Mendicant Rites	51
	The Rule of Benedict	51
	Early Commentaries on the Rule of Benedict	54
	The Romano-Germanic Pontifical	57
	The Roman Pontificals of the Twelfth Century	59
	The Pontifical of the Roman Curia of the Thirteenth Century	60
	Pertinent Counciliar Texts of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: The Relationship Between Monks and Bishops	61
	The Dominicans	62
	The Franciscans	65
	The Pontifical of William Durandus	67
	Pertinent Counciliar Texts of the Sixteenth Century: The Relationship Between Mendicants and Bishops	71
	Pontificale Romanum of 1596	74
4	The Second Vatican Council	77
	Pertinent Texts of the Second Vatican Council: The Relationship Between Bishop, Presbyter, and Deacon	78
	Pertinent Texts from Both Vatican Councils: The Relationship Between Bishops and the Pope	87
	The Promise of Obedience in the Revised Rites for the Ordination of a Deacon, a Presbyter, and a Bishop	91
	Renewal of Commitment to Priestly Service in the Chrism Mass	99
	Ecclesiological Reflections	103
5	The Revisions of 1990	107
	The General Introduction (Praenotanda Generalia)	108
	The Promise of Obedience for Religious to the Diocesan Bishop in the Rites of Ordination of Presbyters and Deacons	110
	Ecclesiological Reflections	119
6	Eastern Rites and Eastern Catholic Churches	123
	Cleri Sanctitati	123
	Orientalium Ecclesiarum	127
	Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches	129
7	Conclusions	135
	The Historical Context of the Promise of Obedience: The Structural Freedom of the Church	135
	The Promise of Obedience in the Pontificals: The Movement Toward a Juridical Notion of Obedience	136
	The Diminishment of the Metropolitan Structure: The Movement Toward Papal Centralization	137
	The Historical Development of the Promittis-Promitto Form	138
	The Teachings of the Second Vatican Council on Holy Orders	138
	The Relationship Between Diocesan and Religious Presbyters and the Diocesan Bishop	139
	The Development of the Intent of the Promise of Obedience in Ordination Rites	140
	Obedience and Maturity	141
	The Relationship Between Bishops and the Pope	141
	The Role of the Examination	142
	The Relationship Between the Profession of Faith and the Examination	143
	Obedience as Relational, Dynamic, and Reciprocal	143
	The Promise of Obedience for Deacons and Presbyters	145
	Proposals for Adaptation	145
	Major Unresolved Issues	146
	Bibliography	149