• Collections of ancient canons contain collected bodies of canon law that originated in various documents, such as papal and synodal decisions, and that...
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    or Canons of the Holy Apostles, is a 4th-century Syrian Christian text. It is an Ancient Church Order, a collection of ancient ecclesiastical canons concerning...
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  • Septimus Ancient church orders Didache The Apostolic Constitutions Canons of the Apostles Collections of ancient canons – Overview of ancient Christian...
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  • Eastern Catholic canon law Eastern canonical reforms of Pius XII Collections of ancient canons Canon law of the Eastern Orthodox Church Nomocanon Kormchaia...
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  • Buddhist canons, which refers to the various scriptural collections of Buddhist sacred scriptures or the various Buddhist scriptural canons. Some of these...
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  • leges, Latin for laws. The Apostolic Canons or Ecclesiastical Canons of the Same Holy Apostles is a collection of ancient ecclesiastical decrees (eighty-five...
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  • selling of ministries.: 56  Anti-simony provisions in Church Council canons (and papal bulls) became common: the First Council of Nicaea, the Synod of Antioch...
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  • the ancient church orders: the Coptic Canons of Basil (an Egyptian 4th-century text based mainly on the Canons of Hippolytus) and the Western Statuta Eccesiae...
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    received the title of "Collection of Canons". In these, civil laws are often added to the Church regulations. For such collections the Greeks used the...
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    Dionysiana or Dionysiana Collectio ("Dionysian Collection"), are the several collections of ancient canons prepared by a Scythian monk, Dionysius 'the humble'...
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    Legal history (redirect from History of Law)
    canon law common to all 23 sui juris Eastern Catholic Churches on 18 October 1990 by promulgating the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches. One of the...
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  • subject material of the canons is not just doctrinal or moral in nature, but all-encompassing of the human condition. The canon law of the Catholic Church...
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  • canon lawyer appointed by Church authorities to argue against the canonization of a candidate. It was this person's job to take a skeptical view of the...
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  • the foundation of canon law. The Canons of the Apostles or Ecclesiastical Canons of the Same Holy Apostles is a collection of ancient ecclesiastical decrees...
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  • Fidem, which amended two canons (750 and 1371) of the 1983 Code of Canon Law and two canons (598 and 1436) of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches,...
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    July 2017. Canon 792, Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches Code of Canon Law, canon 845 and 869; cf. New Commentary on the Code of Canon Law, John P...
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  • commission for the revision of canon law and later on published a guide to the fontes (sources) used in the 1917 code. Many canons in this code can easily...
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  • holy day of obligation, Christmas. Individual dioceses may observe additional holy days of obligation on an ad hoc basis. The Code of Canons of the Eastern...
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  • Canon Law, canon 1380". "Code of Canon Law, canon 1383". "Code of Canon Law, canon 1395". "Code of Canon Law, canon 1387". "Code of Canon Law, canon 1390"...
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  • purpose of receiving absolution – priests have a serious obligation not to cause scandal[further explanation needed] by the way they speak. Canon 21 of the...
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  • Catholic Church, though it is an expression of material heresy. Canon 751 of the Latin Church's 1983 Code of Canon Law, promulgated by Pope John Paul II in...
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    Decree (category Sources of law)
    provisions for a community capable of receiving a law, are true laws and are regulated by the provisions of the canons on laws. The Holy See uses decrees...
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  • in accordance with canons 822 to 832 of the Code of Canon Law, which do not require the use of the word "imprimatur". The grant of imprimatur is normally...
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    of the poor". In the Catholic Church, the vows of members of religious orders and congregations are regulated by canons 654-658 of the Code of Canon Law...
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    spite of its smaller size, classifies as indulgenced an immensely greater number of prayers than were treated as such in the Raccolta. Canons 992–997 of the...
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    have vowed for their male members a lifestyle of poverty, traveling, and living in urban areas for purposes of preaching, evangelization, and ministry, especially...
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  • 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...
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  • summarized in canon 844 of the Latin Church's 1983 Code of Canon Law. The Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (CCEO) indicates that the norms of the Directory...
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  • Penitential canons are religious rules laid down by councils or bishops concerning the penances to be done for various sins. These canons, collected,...
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  • According to canon 7 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law, Lex instituitur cum promulgatur ("A law is instituted when it is promulgated"). This is an ancient provision...
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