• An old rule of Catholic Canon law was forgotten or ignored, though no one could have laid his finger on any text by which it was expressly abrogated."
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  • Roman Theory of Law.The Roman idea of law developed gradually. The first Roman laws were a mixture of religious regulations, customary rules.
    • 2. Historical Foundations of the Roman Catholic Church
    • 2.1. Origins and Early Development
    • 3.2. Role in Shaping Laws and Governance
  • The term canon law designates the whole body of legal rules of the Catholic Church. Two types can be distinguished, the ius divinum on the one hand...
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  • ...of ancient Roman law in the Corpus … to contemporary needs Under the influence of Roman law, medieval scholars of Catholic church law, or canon law
  • It is on the question of the "reception" or the influence of the Roman law upon the common law that scholars have differed widely.
  • Roman law greatly influenced the development of Catholic canon law. The Catholic Church’s administrative governing system is based on the old territorial...
  • ...[say, from the year 600], English law was under the influence of so much of Roman law as had worked itself into the traditions of the Catholic Church.[47].
  • Peter Stein’s masterly study assesses the impact of Roman law in the ancient world and its continued unifying influence throughout medieval and modern Europe.