- According to the Code of Canon Law _ is “the supreme law in the Church,” which is always “to be kept before one’s eyes”.
- What is Canon Law and why does the Church need it
- 1. Canon Law in English - Introduction to Canon Law - Part 1
- Expert on Canon Laws Discusses Changes to Church Law Criminalizing Sexual Abuse...
- 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.
- In England, according to Blackstone, there is a kind of national canon law, composed of legatine and provincial constitutions enacted in England prior to the...
- 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 another word for ecclesiastical law. The Greek word kanon [κανὠν] means a guideline or rule. Canon law has a history of nearly two millennia.
- "Canon Law begins from that basic affirmation of equity which is the fact of membership in the Body of Christ - a status deeper and stronger than any civil contract or...
- 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.
- Broadly defined, canon law is all the laws, both divine and ecclesiastical, universal and particular, of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Recommended Books: James A. Brundage, Medieval Canon Law, Longman, $30.00 (This book is out of print.