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  2. Canon Law is a code of ecclesiastical laws governing the Catholic Church. 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 ...

  3. The canon law of the Catholic Church (from Latin ius canonicum) is "how the Church organizes and governs herself". 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 ...

  4. Mar 27, 2023 · Put simply, canon law is how the Church organizes and governs herself. The word “canon” basically means rule. There are about 1.3 billion Catholics in the world, and the Church administrates a large collection of institutions. Therefore, the Church needs an organizational structure to carry out its office of governance and its saving mission.

  5. 5 days ago · canon law, body of laws made within certain Christian churches (Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, independent churches of Eastern Christianity, and the Anglican Communion) by lawful ecclesiastical authority for the government both of the whole church and parts thereof and of the behavior and actions of individuals.

    • 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.
  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Canon_lawCanon law - Wikipedia

    In the Catholic Church, canon law is the system of laws and legal principles made and enforced by the church's hierarchical authorities to regulate its external organization and government and to order and direct the activities of Catholics toward the mission of the church.

  7. 5 days ago · The 1983 Codex Iuris Canonici is the official universal law for the Latin Church (the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church – approximately 1.2 billion people). There is a separate code of canon law for the Eastern Churches of the Catholic Church, promulgated by Pope St. John Paul II in 1990. Canon Law is a Legal System.

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