CODE OF CANON LAW TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION BOOK I. GENERAL NORMS TITLE I. ECCLESIASTICAL LAWS (Cann. 7 - 22) TITLE II. CUSTOM (Cann. 23 - 28) TITLE III. GENERAL DECREES AND INSTRUCTIONS (Cann. 29 - 34) TITLE IV. SINGULAR ADMINISTRATIVE ACTS (Cann. 35 - 93) CHAPTER I. COMMON NORMS CHAPTER II. …

Canon law (from Ancient Greek: κανών, kanon, a 'straight measuring rod, ruler ') is a set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical authority (church leadership) for the government of a Christian organization or church and its members. [1]

Feb 19, 2025 · Canon law is the body of laws made within certain Christian churches by lawful ecclesiastical authority for the government both of the whole church and parts thereof and of the behavior and actions of individuals.

It is the system of laws and ecclesiastical legal principles made and enforced by the hierarchical authorities of the Catholic Church to regulate its external organization and government and to order and direct the activities of Catholics toward the mission of the Church. [3] .

Aug 22, 2024 · Canon law deals with all the issues that any legal system does — for example, rights, property issues, procedures, administration, personnel, crimes and trials. It also does some things that civil law cannot, such as laws regarding sacraments, sacred places and …

Apr 26, 2012 · Apostolic Letter issued “Motu proprio” Competentias quasdam decernere introducing changes to some norms of the Code of Canon Law and the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (11 February 2022)

The new Code of Canon Law appears at a moment when the bishops of the whole Church not only ask for its promulgation, but are crying out for it insistently and almost with impatience.

That document was the first comprehensive code of church law governing all Eastern Catholic churches. When the revised Code of Canon Law was promulgated by Pope John Paul II in 1983, it contained eighty-four canons that call for or permit legislative action by episcopal conferences.

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The 1983 Code of Canon Law was promulgated on 25 January 1983 by John Paul II [3] and took legal effect on the First Sunday of Advent (27 November) 1983. [4] It replaced the 1917 Code of Canon Law which had been promulgated by Benedict XV on 27 May 1917.