Book Chapter
Decree 5: The Distinction of Grades, General Congregation 31 (1966)
Originally in: “Decree 5: The Distinction of Grades, General Congregation 31 (1966),” in Jesuit Life & Mission Today: The Decrees & Accompanying Documents of the 31st–35th General Congregations of the Society of Jesus, ed. John W. Padberg. St. Louis, Mo.: Institute of Jesuit Sources, 2009, 62 [61–62].
DOI: 10.51238/704v4KX
Society of Jesus. “Decree 5: The Distinction of Grades, General Congregation 31 (1966).” In Essential Documents: Selected Sources for Jesuit History, edited by Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies. Institute of Jesuit Sources, July 15, 2026. https://doi.org/10.51238/704v4KX
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Jesuit Life & Mission Today
The Decrees and Accompanying Documents of the 31st–35th General Congregations of the Society of Jesus
Open Access 
LCCN: 2009920151
ISBN (hcv): 978-1-880810-69-7
ISBN (pbk): 978-1-880810-70-0
Copyright: 2009
Publisher: Institute of Jesuit Sources
1. The General Congregation decrees that, immediately after the close of the 31st General Congregation, a commission should be set up which will study the whole matter of suppressing the grade of spiritual coadjutor, either in law or in practice, and which will report on it to the next congregation, either of provincials or of procurators, in order that it may decide whether a general congregation should be summoned to deal with this matter.
2. The General Congregation recommends that the commission which is to study the entire problem of the distinction of grades should extend its study to include the advantages and disadvantages involved in granting solemn profession also to the temporal coadjutors.
Jesuit Life & Mission Today
The Decrees and Accompanying Documents of the 31st–35th General Congregations of the Society of Jesus
Open Access
LCCN: 2009920151
ISBN (hcv): 978-1-880810-69-7
ISBN (pbk): 978-1-880810-70-0
Copyright: 2009
Publisher: Institute of Jesuit Sources