Tema je ovoga rada prikaz pravnih odredbi glede sakramenta svetog reda u kanonskom pravu Crkve. Rad je većim dijelom opisno – komparativne naravi s obzirom na prikaz odredbi o sakramentu svetog reda u povijesti i danas. Sadržajno rad prati kanone aktualnog Zakonika kanonskoga prava te je većim dijelom podijeljen u odlomke nazvane prema samim naslovima Zakonika. Svaki odlomak započinje opisom odredaba starog crkvenog prava iz Konkordata carske Austrije i Vatikana (1855. godine), nastavlja opisom iste teme u kanonima Kodeksa kanonskoga prava iz 1917. godine te završava opisom kanona aktualnog Zakonika kanonskoga prava iz 1983. godine. U vidu komparativne naravi rada, zakoni su aktualnog Zakonika Crkve uspoređeni sa zakonima Zakonika kanona istočnih Crkava. Rad je tematski podijeljen u tri poglavlja. Prvo poglavlje predstavlja svojevrsni uvod u sam rad te donosi temeljne definicije i teološko – pravne postavke sakramenta svetog reda. Drugo poglavlje donosi temu slavlja svetog ređenja s posebnim osvrtom na pravne propise o vremenu i mjestu ređenja. Drugo se poglavlje ujedno bavi i temom služitelja svetog ređenja, tj. osobe koja po pravu ima ovlast podijeliti pojedini sveti red. Treće poglavlje rada predstavlja temu ređenika. Ono odgovara na pitanje tko i pod kojim uvjetima smije valjano i dopušteno primiti sveti red. Kraj trećega poglavlja navodi dokumente koje je potrebno priložiti prije samog primanja svetog reda te potrebu upisa i svjedočanstva o obavljenom ređenju. Navedena tema dovodi nas do završetka i zaključka samoga rada.

The topic of this thesis is the overview of legal provisions concerning the Sacrament of Holy Orders in the canon law of the Church. Considering the nature of the overview of the provisions of the Sacrament of the Holy Orders in history and nowadays, the thesis is both descriptive and comparative. The content follows the cannons of the current Code of Cannon Law and it is mostly divided into the paragraphs named after the titles that the Code of Cannon Law contains itself. Each paragraph begins with a description of the provisions of the old church law from the Concordat of 1855, continues with the description of the cannon of the same topic from the 1917 Code of Canon Law and ends with the description of the cannon from the 1983 Code of Canon Law, the current Code of Cannon Law. Given the comparative nature of this work, the cannons from the current Code of Cannon Law are compared to the cannons from the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches. The thesis is thematically divided into three chapters. The first chapter presents the introduction to the thesis itself and brings out the fundamental defintions and theologically – legal thesis of the Sacrament of the Holy Orders. The topic of the second chapter is the celebration of the Holy Orders with the particular reference to the regulations about when and where the Sacrament takes place. The second chapter also concerns the person who has authority to ordain priests to the Holy Order. The topic of the third chapter is the person who recieves the Sacrament of the Holy Order. That is, the third chapter explains who and under which circumstances is allowed to properly receive the Sacrament. At the end of the third chapter, there is a list of documents which have to be enclosed before recieving the Sacrament and the need for the enrollment and testimony of completed ordination. The last mentioned topic is the ending and the conclusion of the thesis itself.