In the usage of the canon law of the Catholic Church, it has various meanings. Any papal bull, brief, or motu proprio is a decree inasmuch as these documents... 8 KB (1,146 words) - 04:21, 5 December 2023 |
 | In canon law, a canon designates some law promulgated by a synod, an ecumenical council, or an individual bishop. The word "canon" comes from the Greek... 14 KB (1,876 words) - 15:26, 25 November 2023 |
 | precisely constitutions or declarations. Canon 29 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law defines general decrees: General decrees, by which a competent legislator makes... 19 KB (2,309 words) - 23:16, 19 April 2024 |
Clandestinity is a diriment impediment in the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church. It invalidates a marriage performed without the presence of three... 2 KB (288 words) - 22:24, 16 March 2023 |
basis for canon law as a legal system and as true law. In the early Church, the first canons were decreed by bishops united in "Ecumenical" councils (the... 36 KB (4,521 words) - 18:40, 17 April 2024 |
the jurisprudence of the canon law of the Catholic Church, a dispensation is the exemption from the immediate obligation of law in certain cases. Its object... 43 KB (6,477 words) - 12:49, 9 April 2024 |
Canon law (from Ancient Greek: κανών, kanon, a 'straight measuring rod, ruler') is a set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical authority... 27 KB (3,176 words) - 14:56, 16 April 2024 |
Licentiate of Canon Law (Latin: Juris Canonici Licentiatus; JCL) is the title of an advanced graduate degree with canonical effects in the Roman Catholic... 5 KB (548 words) - 15:15, 13 February 2024 |
The canon law of the Catholic Church (from Latin ius canonicum) is "how the Church organizes and governs herself". It is the system of laws and ecclesiastical... 45 KB (5,394 words) - 20:39, 10 April 2024 |
 | The 1983 Code of Canon Law (abbreviated 1983 CIC from its Latin title Codex Iuris Canonici), also called the Johanno-Pauline Code, is the "fundamental... 40 KB (4,338 words) - 21:13, 8 December 2023 |
"CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Canon of the New Testament". "Who Compiled the Bible and When?". "Decree of Gelasius on the Canon of Scripture". von Dobschütz... 18 KB (2,448 words) - 21:41, 21 April 2024 |
List of legal abbreviations (redirect from Law abbreviation) Inc. — Incorporated Ins. — insurance Instr. — Instructio, a kind of decree (canon law) In re - in the matter of (United States) Int'l — international J... 20 KB (2,332 words) - 12:36, 12 January 2024 |
jurisprudence of Catholic canon law is the complex of legal theory, traditions, and interpretative principles of Catholic canon law. In the Latin Church,... 39 KB (5,399 words) - 17:49, 17 February 2024 |
Christian. The decree was amended in 1966 when Pope Paul VI abrogated Canon 1399 of the 1917 Code of Canon Law. While some have argued that such Decree has been... 12 KB (1,391 words) - 23:12, 18 April 2024 |
 | The 1917 Code of Canon Law (abbreviated 1917 CIC, from its Latin title Codex Iuris Canonici), also referred to as the Pio-Benedictine Code, is the first... 17 KB (2,106 words) - 14:53, 3 February 2024 |
Loss of clerical state (redirect from Laicization (Catholic canon law)) In the canon law of the Catholic Church, the loss of clerical state (commonly referred to as laicization, dismissal, defrocking, and degradation) is the... 18 KB (1,880 words) - 14:46, 21 March 2024 |
Doctor of Canon Law (Latin: Juris Canonici Doctor, JCD) is the doctoral-level terminal degree in the studies of canon law of the Roman Catholic Church... 14 KB (1,436 words) - 11:41, 5 September 2023 |
Christianity Canon law, in Christianity Canon (canon law) - a certain rule or norm of conduct or belief prescribed by the Church. The word "canon" comes from... 11 KB (1,266 words) - 06:31, 23 January 2024 |
Catholic canon law is the law of the 23 Catholic sui juris (autonomous) particular churches of the Eastern Catholic tradition. Eastern Catholic canon law includes... 15 KB (1,813 words) - 15:12, 12 April 2023 |
In the canon law of the Catholic Church, a person is a subject of certain legal rights and obligations. Persons may be distinguished between physical... 12 KB (1,676 words) - 15:34, 2 November 2023 |
| The Apostolic Canons, also called Apostolic canons (Latin: Canones apostolorum, "Canons of the Apostles"), Ecclesiastical Canons of the Same Holy Apostles... 13 KB (1,590 words) - 14:27, 3 October 2023 |
of and topical guide to the canon law of the Catholic Church: Catholic canon law is the set of rules and principles (laws) by which the Catholic Church... 10 KB (693 words) - 12:06, 30 October 2023 |
 | Legal history (redirect from History of Law) history of Catholic canon law, the oldest continuously functioning legal system in the West. Canon law originates much later than Roman law but predates the... 27 KB (3,116 words) - 18:59, 21 April 2024 |
In the canon law of the Catholic Church, an impediment is a legal obstacle that prevents a sacrament from being performed either validly or licitly or... 21 KB (2,828 words) - 00:42, 31 December 2023 |
Promulgation in the Catholic canon law is the publication of a law by which it is made known publicly, and is required by canon law for the law to obtain legal effect... 14 KB (1,999 words) - 16:12, 6 January 2024 |
The canon law of the Eastern Orthodox Church consists of the ecclesiastical regulations recognised by the authorities of the Eastern Orthodox Church,... 36 KB (4,061 words) - 07:13, 6 January 2024 |
A donation, in the context of the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church, is the gratuitous transfer to another of some right or thing. When it consists... 9 KB (1,458 words) - 02:39, 25 July 2023 |
 | In Catholic canon law, affinity is an impediment to marriage of a couple due to the relationship which either party has as a result of a kinship relationship... 12 KB (1,550 words) - 02:01, 29 September 2023 |
Interdict (redirect from Interdict (Catholic canon law)) In Catholic canon law, an interdict (/ˈɪntərdɪkt/) is an ecclesiastical censure, or ban that prohibits certain persons or groups from participating in... 16 KB (1,883 words) - 16:54, 15 April 2024 |
that the violator of this law should be made a lifelong, ignominious wanderer. Notably, neither the Lateran canon nor the law of the Decretum purports... 15 KB (1,849 words) - 11:10, 15 January 2024 |