Sistema Regional de Información
en línea para Revistas Científicas de América Latina,
el Caribe, España y Portugal

After a brief reference to the non-contraposition of the so-called -Ecclesia iuris» and .Ecclesia charitatis», the author focuses his attention upon the objective theme under analysis namely, the sacred power of the Church and the charismas. The work is ordained around the following pints: 1) The Church, as a sacramental community, is a consideration which has always been present as far as its content is concerned . The novelty finds its root in the name. The author analyzes the profound meaning of this reality as well as the existing analogy between the sacramentality of Christ and that of the Church. 2) Under the title The Sacramental Hierarchical Powers, reference is made te- the concept of –hierarchy», to the hierarchical structure of the Church, to the powers of order, jurisdiction, and magisterium, to the sacramental origins of these and to the meaning of the acanonical collocation. 3) In cont inuation, the author analyzes what he calls the common sacramental powers, proper to the faithful (common priesthoodj inferior to, and subject to, the powers of the Hierarchy. 4) Finally, the author speaks about the extras acramental or charismatic powers. In relation with these he analyzes such aspects as their meaning and significance in the ChUTCh, their origin, and their relations with the Hierarchy.