Hierarki Gereja Katolik

Hierarki Gereja Katolik terdiri dari para uskup, imam dan diaken.Catechism of the Catholic Church, 873 "If any one saith, that, in the Catholic Church there is not a hierarchy by divine ordination instituted, consisting of bishops, priests, and ministers; let him be anathema" (Council of Trent, session XXIII, canon VI on the sacrament of Order). Dalam esensi eklesiologi dari istilah tersebut, "hierarki" artinya "tatanan suci" dari Gereja, Tubuh Kristus, sehingga menghormati keragaman hadiah dan pelayanan yang dibutuhkan untuk penyatuan sejati. (1 Cor 12)

Dalam pemakaian kanonikal dan umum, ini merujuk kepada orang-orang yang memegang otoritas dalam sebuah gereja Kristen. Dalam Gereja Katolik, otoritas utamanya terdiri dari para uskup,__P2A.HTM Catechism of the Catholic Church, 874–896 sementara para imam dan deakon bertugas sebagai para asisten mereka, rekan kerja atau pemberi bantuan.Catechism of the Catholic Church, 886, 888, 893, 939  Selain itu, "hierarki Gereja Katolik" juga dipakai untuk merujuk kepada para uskup itu sendiri.

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 Penjelasan tentang hierarki
 Book II: The People of God Liber II. De Populo Dei, Part II: The Hierarchical Constitution from the Code of Canon Law on the Holy See official website
 Catholic Encyclopedia "hierarchy" article
 Barry, Rev. Msgr. John F (2001). One Faith, One Lord: A Study of Basic Catholic Belief. Gerard F. Baumbach, Ed.D. .
 Pengarahan jabatan
 Catholic-Hierarchy.org. This is an online database of bishops and dioceses of the Roman Catholic Church. It contains geographical, organizational and address information on each Catholic diocese in the world, including Eastern Catholic Churches in communion with the Holy See, such as the Maronite Catholic Church or the Syro-Malabar Church. It also gives biographical information on current and previous bishops of each diocese, such as dates of birth, ordinations and (when applicable) death. Not officially sanctioned by the church, the website is run as a private project by David M. Cheney in Kansas City. For the sources used by Cheney in his compilation, see http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/sources.html. 
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