The ministries of the lector and acolyte, as renewed by the Ministeria quaedam, constitute of their nature participation in the only priesthood of Christ. They may be ordained to lay men aside to the transitory stage for ...

The paper is a continuation of the author’s research on the religious studies in the 17th and 18th c. The author is concerned in it with two questions: the manner of recruiting lectors in religious studies in the 17th and ...