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APPENDIX 3 THE CODE OF CANON LAW 343
“Already at the Annunciation Mary’s Motherhood is the first, and
secret, shape of the Church. At that moment do not see in Jesus and
Mary only the Society of a Son and his Mother, but of God and man,
of the Saviour and the first one redeemed by him. All men are called
to be incorporated in that Society, which is the Church. And in the
persons of Jesus and Mary, the Church acquires not only its essence
but even at this stage its principal characteristics. It is perfectly one
and holy. It is virtually Catholic, that is to say universal in those two
universal Members. There is only lacking to it Catholicity in act and
apostleship.” (Laurentin)

APPENDIX 3

EXTRACTS FROM THE CODE OF CANON LAW
ON THE OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS OF THE
LAY MEMBERS OF CHRIST’S FAITHFUL

Can. 224 Lay members of Christ’s faithful have the duties
and rights enumerated in the canons of this title, in addition
to those duties and rights which are common to all Christ’s
faithful and those stated in other canons.
Can. 225 §1 Since lay people, like all Christ’s faithful, are
deputed to the apostolate by baptism and confirmation, they
are bound by the general obligation and they have the right,
whether as individuals or in associations, to strive so that the
divine message of salvation may be known and accepted by
all people throughout the world. This obligation is all the
more insistent in circumstances in which only through them
are people able to hear the Gospel and to know Christ.
§2 They have also, according to the condition of each, the
special obligation to permeate and perfect the temporal order
of things with the spirit of the Gospel. In this way,
particularly in conducting secular business and exercising
secular functions, they are to give witness to Christ.
Can. 226 §1 Those who are married are bound by the
special obligation, in accordance with their own vocation, to
strive for the building up of the people of God through their
marriage and family.