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1. www.simplycatholic.com › introduction-to-canon-lawIntroduction To Canon Law | Simply Catholic

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   Mar 27, 2023 · Canon law includes both divine law and ecclesiastical law. Divine law is unchangeable and is applicable to every human being — for example, the law against murder. Ecclesiastical law is rooted in Church law and is not infallible, although it is authoritative — for example, the laws regarding fast and abstinence.

2. www.britannica.com › topic › canon-lawCanon law | Definition, Significance, & History | Britannica

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   May 16, 2024 · Canon law is the body of laws made within certain Christian churches by lawful ecclesiastical authority for the government both of the whole church and parts thereof and of the behavior and actions of individuals. In a wider sense the term includes precepts of divine law incorporated into the canonical codes.

3. www.usccb.org › what-we-believe › canon-lawCanon Law | USCCB - United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

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   In the Latin or Western Church, the governing code is the 1983 Code of Canon Law, a revision of the 1917 Code of Canon Law. A separate but parallel Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, issued in 1990, governs the Eastern Catholic churches. That document was the first comprehensive code of church law governing all Eastern Catholic churches.

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   Canon law (from Ancient Greek: κανών, kanon, a 'straight measuring rod, ruler ') is a set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical authority (church leadership) for the government of a Christian organization or church and its members. It is the internal ecclesiastical law, or operational policy, governing the Catholic Church ...

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   What is the canon law of the Catholic Church?

   • The canon law of the Catholic Church is articulated in the legal code for the Latin Church as well as a code for the Eastern Catholic Churches. This canon law has principles of legal interpretation, and coercive penalties. It lacks civilly-binding force in most secular jurisdictions.

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   What is ecclesiastical law?

   • It is the internal ecclesiastical law, or operational policy, governing the Catholic Church (both the Latin Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches ), the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches, and the individual national churches within the Anglican Communion.

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   Does the Church of England have a canon law?

   • Though other churches of the Reformation rejected the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of England retained the concept of canon law and developed its own type, which has acceptance in the churches of the Anglican Communion. Canon law has had a long history of development throughout the Christian era.

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   What is a legal system in the Catholic Church?

   • It is the system of laws and ecclesiastical legal principles made and enforced by the hierarchical authorities of the Catholic Church to regulate its external organization and government and to order and direct the activities of Catholics toward the mission of the Church.

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6. www.vatican.va › archive › cod-iuris-canoniciCode of Canon Law: Table of Contents - Vatican

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   • BOOK I. GENERAL NORMS. TITLE I. ECCLESIASTICAL LAWS (Cann. 7 - 22) TITLE II. CUSTOM (Cann. 23 - 28) TITLE III. GENERAL DECREES AND INSTRUCTIONS (Cann. 29 - 34)
   • BOOK II. THE PEOPLE OF GOD. PART I. THE CHRISTIAN FAITHFUL (Cann. 204 - 207) TITLE I. THE OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS OF ALL THE CHRISTIAN FAITHFUL (Cann. 208 - 223)
   • BOOK III. THE TEACHING FUNCTION OF THE CHURCH (747 - 755) TITLE I. THE MINISTRY OF THE DIVINE WORD (Cann. 756 - 780) CHAPTER I. THE PREACHING OF THE WORD OF GOD.
   • BOOK IV. FUNCTION OF THE CHURCH (Cann. 834 - 848) PART I. THE SACRAMENTS. TITLE I. BAPTISM (Cann. 849 - 878) CHAPTER I. THE CELEBRATION OF BAPTISM. CHAPTER II.

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   May 2, 2017 · The interpretation of law. 1. Laws should be interpreted by reference to their text, context, and precedent. 2. A church has authority to interpret its own law. 3. For the interpretation of law, recourse may be had to the purposes of the law, the mind of the legislator, and the faith and practice of the church.

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   The canon law of the Catholic Church (from Latin ius canonicum [1]) is "how the Church organizes and governs herself". [2] It is the system of laws and ecclesiastical legal principles made and enforced by the hierarchical authorities of the Catholic Church to regulate its external organization and government and to order and direct the ...