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- Contrasted with the imperial or Caesarian law (jus caesareum), canon law is sometimes styled pontifical law (jus pontificium), often also it is termed sacred law (jus sacrum), and sometimes even Divine law (jus divinum: c. 2, De privil.), as it concerns holy things, and has for its object the wellbeing of souls in the society divinely established by Jesus Christ.
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Oct 1, 2000 · There’s international law, federal law, state law, and municipal law. Theologians refer to God’s ultimate law as the eternal law . Aquinas explains that “the eternal law is nothing else than the type of Divine Wisdom, as directing all actions and movements” (ST I-II:93:1).
- Natural Law
Among the Roman jurists natural law designated those...
- Divine Law
Law, DIVINE, MORAL ASPECT or Divine Law is that which is...
- Canon Law
Canon law is also called “ecclesiastical law” (jus...
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Canon is another name for a law in the Code of Canon Law. (Adjective form is canonical.) 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.
- The Purpose of Law
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- Justice and Mercy
So what is canon law all about? 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 governan...
There are several Books in the code as follows: Book I is called General Norms and is the backbone of the code. While it might not seem exciting, it informs the rest of the code, which cannot be understood without it. Book I deals with the various kinds of laws in the Church, how they are issued, who they pertain to, and how they are enforced. Ther...
As mentioned earlier, often in our minds we think of law and mercy as being opposed. Even some priests do not see the law as being “pastoral.” However, the law is about order and justice. These are necessary if there is to be mercy. Justice is defined as giving and receiving one’s due. If we are wronged, we desire justice. If someone hits your car ...
Oriental canon law is distinguished from Latin canon law, which developed along a separate line in the remnants of the Western Roman Empire under the direct influence of the Roman Pontiff, and is now chiefly codified in the 1983 Code of Canon Law .
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 behaviour and actions of individuals.
Feb 1, 2005 · Canons are individual paragraphs of set law that the Church interprets and applies to given situations. Though the Roman Catholic Church has had collections of laws for many centuries, the Code of Canon Law was issued first in 1917, revised in 1983, and will be revised again at some point in the future.
