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The canon law of the Catholic Church is articulated in the legal code for the Latin Church [9] as well as a code for the Eastern Catholic Churches. [9] This canon law has principles of legal interpretation, [10] and coercive penalties. [11] It lacks civilly-binding force in most secular jurisdictions.
Within the Catholic Church there are local particular churches, of which dioceses are the most familiar form. Other forms include territorial abbacies, apostolic vicariates and apostolic prefectures. The 1983 Code of Canon Law states: "Particular Churches, in which and from which the one and only Catholic Church exists, are principally dioceses ...
On 25 January 1983, [3] with the apostolic constitution Sacrae disciplinae leges, [8] John Paul II promulgated the 1983 Code of Canon Law for all members of the Catholic Church who belonged to the Latin Church. [3] It entered into force the first Sunday of the following Advent, [3] which was 27 November 1983. [4]
Canon 1397 §2; Censure (Catholic canon law) De delictis gravioribus. Complicit absolution; Crimen sollicitationis; Excommunication. List of excommunicable offences in the Catholic Church; List of people excommunicated by the Catholic Church. List of cardinals excommunicated by the Catholic Church; Interdict; Laicization (penal) Latae ...
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.
The official language of the canon law common to all the Eastern Catholic Churches (called "common law" [a]) is Latin. Although Latin is the language of the Latin Church and not of the Eastern Churches, Latin was chosen as the language of the common law because there is no common language in use among all the Eastern Catholic Churches. The ...
The Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (CCEO) is the 1990 codification of the common portions of the Canon Law for the 23 of the 24 sui iuris Churches in the Catholic Church. It is divided into 30 titles and has a total of 1540 canons, [ 16 ] with an introductory section of preliminary canons.
A Latin Catholic bishop who consecrates someone to the episcopate without a mandate from the pope is automatically excommunicated according to Catholic canon law, even if his ordination may be considered valid. The person who receives consecration from him is also automatically excommunicated.