The Constitutions of Institutes of Consecrated Life as a Blueprint of Spiritual Life

Authors

  • Grzegorz Firszt Pontifical Faculty of Theology Teresianum in Rome; Pontifical Institut of Spirituality (secretary)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12775/IS.2016.002

Keywords

evangelical counsels, consecrated life, constitutions

Abstract

The article sets out the value which the constitutions of institutes of consecrated life have for the spiritual life of the consecrated persons. The article describes constitutions as they were before the Council and their expression after the Council. The author offers a theological reading of the constitutions of institutes of consecrated life.

Author Biography

Grzegorz Firszt, Pontifical Faculty of Theology Teresianum in Rome; Pontifical Institut of Spirituality (secretary)

Discalced Carmelite, PhD degree at Pontifical University of Lateran – Institut of Theology of Consecrated Life „Claretianum” in Rome (2007); lecturer of theology of Spirituality at Pontifical Faculty of Spirituality "Teresianum" in Rome, general secretary of this Faculty, member of the International Comittee of Discalced Carmelite Order for Rereading of Constitution; author of the book Życie według rad ewangelicznych, Kraków 2011 and of articles; founder of the periodical „Itinera Spiritualia” and its senior editor (2007–2015).
Itinera Spiritualia. Commentarii Periodici Instituti Carmelitani Spiritualitatis Cracoviae

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Published

2016-11-02

How to Cite

1.
FIRSZT, Grzegorz. The Constitutions of Institutes of Consecrated Life as a Blueprint of Spiritual Life. Itinera Spiritualia. Commentarii Periodici Instituti Carmelitani Spiritualitatis Cracoviae. Online. 2 November 2016. Vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 27-50. [Accessed 6 July 2025]. DOI 10.12775/IS.2016.002.

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2016)

Section

articles

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