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And in a very recent case in the Supreme Court of the United States, the case of Coffin, 156 U. S. 432, it is pointed out that this presumption was fully established in the Roman law, and was preserved in the canon law. [54] The primary canonical sources of law are the 1983 Code of Canon Law, [19] [55] the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches ...
This is the outline of the seven books of the 1983 Code of Canon Law. Book I. General Norms (Cann. 1–203) Explains the general application of laws. Book II. The People of God (Cann. 204–746) Goes into the rights and obligations of laypeople and clergy, and outlines the hierarchical organization of the Church. Book III.
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.
Corpus Juris Canonici ('Body of Canon Law'), a collection of sources of canon law of the Catholic Church applicable to the Latin Church until 1918; 1917 Code of Canon Law, code of canon law for the Catholic Latin Church from 1918 to 1983; 1983 Code of Canon Law, code of canon law for the Catholic Latin Church from 1983 to today
This is a list, in chronological order, of present and past offences to which the Catholic Church has attached the penalty of excommunication; the list is not exhaustive. In most cases these were " automatic excommunications", wherein the violator who knowingly breaks the rule is considered automatically excommunicated from the church ...
Catholic canonical documents (6 C, 28 P) ... Pages in category "Canon law of the Catholic Church" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total.
Catholic canon law is the set of rules and principles (laws) by which the Catholic Church is governed, through enforcement by governmental authorities. [ clarification needed ] [ citation needed ] Law is also the field which concerns the creation and administration of laws.
Pages in category "Catholic canonical documents" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. ... List of Catholic canon law legal abbreviations; M.