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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.
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.
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.
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 ...
Catholic canon may refer to: Canon law of the Catholic Church. 1983 Code of Canon Law. 1917 Code of Canon Law; Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches;
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The Canon Law Letter and Spirit: A Practical Guide to the Code of Canon Law (Gerard Sheehy et al. eds., Liturgical Press 1995). Coriden, James A. An Introduction to Canon Law, revised edn. New York: Paulist Press, 2004. Coriden, James A., Thomas J. Green, Donald E. Heintschel, eds. The Code of Canon Law: A Text and Commentary. New York: Paulist ...
The Code of Canon Law: A Text and Commentary (New York/Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1985) ISBN 0809103451 xviii-xxiii. Faris & Abbass, eds. A Practical Commentary to the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (Montréal: Librairie Wilson & Lafleur, 2019) ISBN 9782924974032 xix-xxxiv.