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The largest Catholic church in Pennsylvania... Opened in 1864, the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter of Paul serves as the principal or Mother Church of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, as it houses the chair or “cathedra” of the Archbishop.
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 ...
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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, in al...
Jus Antiquor – The Old Law Whenever the Apostles promulgated rules and regulations to follow, this was law for early Christians. As time went on, these pronouncements became Apostolic Canons and Apostolic Constitutions. Each Ecumenical Council of the Church, beginning with Council of Nicaea in 325 AD, added Constitutions and/or Canons to the body o...
The Roman Catholic Church’s Canon Law is a fully functioning legal system. There is a legal code, principles of interpretation, penalties, petitioners, respondents, courts, attorneys, judges, and the like. To work effectively in a tribunal of a diocese or in the Roman Rota (the tribunal at the Vatican), a person would need to attain the ecclesial d...
The purpose of the Church’s law is the salvation of souls. The term law is not explicitly defined in the Code of Canon Law but the Catechism of the Catholic Churchprovides the definition: “an ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the one who is in charge of the community and reformulates it as ‘a rule of conduct enacted by compete...
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is a Ukrainian Catholic cathedral located in the Poplar neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the seat for the Archeparchy of Philadelphia . History.
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The canon law of the Catholic Church has all the ordinary elements of a mature legal system: laws, courts, lawyers, judges. 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.
Can. 1214 By the term church is understood a sacred building designated for divine worship to which the faithful have the right of entry for the exercise, especially the public exercise, of divine worship. Can. 1215 §1. No church is to be built without the express written consent of the diocesan bishop. §2.
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.