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  1. 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 ...

    • 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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  3. Roman Catholic teaching identifies the family as the social and moral centre of the community; the family, according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, is “the original cell of social life.”. The guiding principle of church teaching, the stability of the family, does not admit divorce, which was banned by Jesus.

  4. The first of these is still called the Roman Canon because it is nearly identical to the original Roman Canon. 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.

  5. Apr 12, 2024 · The current law governing the Catholic Church is the 1983 Code of Canon Law. This Code, promulgated by His Holiness St. John Paul II replaced the 1917 Code of Canon Law. The Code is a system of laws and principles which regulates the organization and governance of the Catholic Church. Canon Law orders and directs the activities of the Church ...

  6. The Roman Catholic Church or Catholic Church is the Christian Church in full communion with the Bishop of Rome, currently Pope Benedict XVI. It traces its origins to the original Christian community founded by Jesus Christ and led by the Twelve Apostles, in particular Saint Peter . The Catholic Church is the largest Christian Church and the ...

  7. Aug 9, 2012 · Unremarkably, the Church's teaching is announced via a quotation. What is remarkable is that the Catholic Church, in the Catechism, selected this particular quotation. The quotation is taken from the writings of the Roman Statesman and Lawyer Marcus Tullius Cicero (ca. 106-43 BC). Specifically, to Book III, section 33 of his Republic.

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