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  2. Canon law of the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Validity and liceity (Catholic Church) - Wikipedia

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    Catholic canon law also lays down rules for licit, also called lawful, placing of the act, along with criteria to determine its validity or invalidity. Valid but illicit or valid but illegal ( Latin : valida sed illicita ) is a description applied in the Catholic Church to describe either an unauthorized celebration of a sacrament or an ...

  4. Confirmation in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    On the canonical age for confirmation in the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, the present (1983) Code of Canon Law, which maintains unaltered the rule in the 1917 Code, specifies that the sacrament is to be conferred on the faithful at about 7-18, unless the episcopal conference has decided on a different age, or there is a danger of death ...

  5. Confirmation of bishops - Wikipedia

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    The former shelved it in the interests of peace; but the latter once more formulated the principle that elections in the churches were to be free and their result confirmed according to the provisions of the common law (juxta juris communis dispositionem), i.e. by the immediate superior to whom the right of confirmation belonged.

  6. Canon law - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Outline of Catholic canon law - Wikipedia

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    Collectiones canonum Dionysianae – The canon law collection compiled by Dionysius Exiguus; Collectio canonum quadripartita – Medieval canon law collection; Collectio canonum Quesnelliana – Late antique canonical collection; Collectio canonum Wigorniensis – Medieval canon law collection

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  9. Legal history of the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    The Code of Canon Law: A Text and Commentary. New York: Paulist Press, 1985. Commissioned by the Canon Law Society of America. John J. Coughlin. Canon Law: A Comparative Study with Anglo-American Legal Theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. Fernando Della Rocca. Manual of Canon Law. Trans. by Anselm Thatcher.