• Canon 2048. Since 1933, when a child is borne in a State(Estate) under inferior Roman law, three (3) Cestui Que (Vie)...
  • Canon law is another word for ecclesiastical law. The Greek word kanon [κανὠν] means a guideline or rule. Canon law has a history of nearly two millennia.
  • The first true code of canon law was the Pio-Benedictine Code of 1917, which was a streamlined, organized, self-consistent, and comprehensive body of law.
  • In all three traditions, a canon was originally [2] a rule adopted by a church council; these canons formed the foundation of canon law.
  • Broadly defined, canon law is all the laws, both divine and ecclesiastical, universal and particular, of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • Canon law is the body of laws and regulations made by or adopted by ecclesiastical authority, for the government of the Christian organization and its members.
  • Canon law is the body of laws and regulations made by or adopted by ecclesiastical authority, for the government of the Christian organization and its members.
  • The Eastern Orthodox concept of canon law is similar to but not identical to the more legislative and juridical model of the West.
  • Canon law must not be confounded with ecclesi astical law (Jus Jlcclesiasticum). The former has the church for its source ; the latter has the church for its subject.
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