IMC 2011: Sessions

Session 228: The Priest and the Parishioners

Organiser:	Stina Fallberg Sundmark, Department of Theology, Uppsala Universitet
Moderator/Chair:	Kirsi Salonen, Department of History & Philosophy, University of Tampere
Paper 228-a	The Priest as a Role Model for the Parishioners (Language: English) Stina Fallberg Sundmark, Department of Theology, Uppsala Universitet Index terms: Canon Law, Daily Life, Ecclesiastical History, Theology
Paper 228-b	The Priest and the Poor (Language: English) Bertil Nilsson, Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion, Göteborgs Universitet Index terms: Canon Law, Daily Life, Ecclesiastical History
Paper 228-c	Conflicts between Priests and Their Parishioners in Law and Practice (Language: English) Mia Korpiola, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki Index terms: Canon Law, Ecclesiastical History
Abstract	The aim of the session is to give a survey of the local parish priest's relations to his parishioners. One aspect of this is the priest's function as a role model for his parishioners with regard to his way of living. Another is the priest's responsibility for poor people. A third one are conflicts that could appear between the priest and his parishioners as a result of financial dealings. All the three papers deal with the relationship between prescriptions in different legal sources (canon law, provincial and synodal statutes, and secular law) that represent the ideal and preserved legal cases that often represent reality.