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Philosophy and theology shape the concepts and self-understanding of canon law as the law of both a human organization and as a supernatural entity, since the Catholic Church believes that Jesus Christ instituted the church by direct divine command, while the fundamental theory of canon law is a meta-discipline of the "triple relationship ...
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.
Body of Canon Law: The official compilation of canon law in the Roman Catholic Church (cf. Codex Iuris Canonici). Corpus Iuris Civilis: Body of Civil Law: The body of Roman or civil law. corpus vile: worthless body: A person or thing fit only to be the object of an experiment, as in the phrase 'Fiat experimentum in corpore vili.' corrigenda ...
Its use of Greek Fathers as sources for canon law has been called ‘unique’. [8] Not including quotations inside excerpted patristic writers, Hib contains about 1,000 quotations of Scripture, two-thirds of which come from the Old Testament. [9]
In simple terms, a juridic person is an artificial construct under canon law that allows a group of persons or things to function and be treated under canon law as a single unit. The 1917 Code of Canon Law referred to all juridic persons as "moral persons", [ 11 ] while the 1983 Code of Canon Law uses the term "moral person" solely to designate ...
The jurisprudence of canon law is the complex of legal principles and traditions within which canon law operates, while the philosophy, theology, and fundamental theory of Catholic canon law are the areas of philosophical, theological, and legal scholarship dedicated to providing a theoretical basis for canon law as a legal system and as true law.
Code of Canon Law Annotated, second English edition, ed. by Ernest Caparros, Michel Thériault, and Jean Thorn, 2004. ISBN 978-2-89127-629-0 (Wilson and Lafleur), ISBN 978-1-890177-44-7 (Midwest Theological Forum). Lawrence G. Wrenn, Authentic Interpretations on the 1983 Code, Canon Law Society of America, 1993. ISBN 978-0-943616-61-2.
In canon law, a canon designates some law promulgated by a synod, an ecumenical council, or an individual bishop. [ 2 ] The word "canon" comes from the Greek kanon , which in its original usage denoted a straight rod that was later the instrument used by architects and artificers as a measuring stick for making straight lines.