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Presbyterium is a modern term used in the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Rite after the Second Vatican Council in reference to a college of priests, in active ministry, of an individual ecclesiastical territory such as a diocese or eparchy. The body, in union with their prelate bishop as a collective, is a symbol of the collaborative and collegial nature of their sacerdotal ministry as inspired by the reforms made during the Second Vatican Council. This work is copyrighted. ... This work is copyrighted. ... The Roman Catholic Church is the largest religious denomination of Christianity with over one billion members. ... The term Eastern Rites may refer to the liturgical rites used by many ancient Christian Churches of Eastern Europe and the Middle East that, while being part of the Roman Catholic Church, are distinct from the Latin Rite or Western Church. ... The Second Vatican Council, or Vatican II, was an Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church opened under Pope John XXIII in 1962 and closed under Pope Paul VI in 1965. ... Roman Catholic priest A priest or priestess is a holy man or woman who takes an officiating role in worship of any religion, with the distinguishing characteristic of offering sacrifices. ... In some Christian churches, the diocese is an administrative territorial unit governed by a bishop, sometimes also referred to as a bishopric or episcopal see, though more often the term episcopal see means the office held by the bishop. ... In the Roman Empire, an eparchy was one of the political subdivisions of the Empire. ... A prelate is a member of the clergy having a special canonical jurisdiction over a territory or a group of people; usually, a prelate is a bishop. ... A bishop is an ordained member of the Christian clergy who holds a specific position of authority in any of a number of Christian churches. ...

The presbyterium is most visible during the ordination of new priests and bishops, the Red Mass and the annual Mass of the Chrism: the blessing of the oils used in the sacraments of confirmation, extreme unction and ordination. They are also visible during other special liturgical functions such as the wake and burial of their bishop. Oil is a generic term for organic liquids that are not miscible with water. ... Confirmation can refer to: Confirmation (sacrament) Confirmation (epistemology) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Anointing of the Sick is one of the sacraments of the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and some Protestant churches. ... This article is about the sacrament. ... From the Greek word λειτουργια, which can be transliterated as leitourgia, meaning the work of the people, a liturgy comprises a prescribed religious ceremony, according to the traditions of a particular religion; it may refer to, or include, an elaborate formal ritual (such as the Catholic Mass), a daily activity... A wake is the region of turbulence immediately to the rear of a solid body caused by the flow of air or water around the body. ... By other animals Humans are not the only species to bury their dead. ...

In early Christianity, the presbyterium expressed the shared ministry of the bishops and priests before the establishment of the monarchial episcopate: the royal priesthood of bishops, cardinals and popes. Christianity is an Abrahamic religion based on the life, teachings, death by crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth as described in the New Testament. ... A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official in the Roman Catholic Church, ranking just below the Pope and appointed by him as a member of the College of Cardinals, during a consistory. ... The Pope is the Catholic Bishop and patriarch of Rome, and head of the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches. ...

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Juridical Manifestations of the Presbyterium (http://www.geocities.com/frcoulter/presbyterium/chapter1.html)

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