
MOTU PROPRIO ANTIQUUM MINISTERIUM
APOSTOLIC LETTER
ISSUED "MOTU PROPRIO"
BY THE SUPREME PONTIFF
FRANCIS
"ANTIQUUM MINISTERIUM"
INSTITUTING
THE MINISTRY OF CATECHIST
1. The ministry of Catechist in the Church is an ancient one. Theologians commonly hold that the first examples are already present in the writings of the New Testament. The service of catechesis may be traced back to those “teachers”...