Roman Canon Law In The Church Of England

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ...books, but has always maintained some tradition of an older and less Roman canon law.1 From a very remote age they can produce satisfactory evidence, and again from a modern age there is testimony to be had; but as we cast our eyes over the famous catalogue of preuves we cannot help seeing that there is an intermediate period lying (to name its narrowest limits) between the date of the Decretum and the date of the schism, in which the chain, even when it has been strengthened by the spurious 'Pragmatique' of St. Louis, is tenuous and brittle. Certain preuves, indeed, are still forthcoming; but are they proofs of the liberties of the Gallican church? They consist in the main of acts of a secular power which was controlling and curtailing the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts, and was encroaching upon what the French prelates of that age held to be the liberties of the church in general and of the Gallican church in particular. Just as the compilers of Anglican liberties, when they tell the story of Merton, expect us to take the side of the barons, so the compilers of Gallican liberties, when they tell the story of Vincennes, expect us to take the side of Pierre de Cugnieres. Now it may be true that the one real hope for a national church which should be wholly or mainly independent of Rome lay in the victory of the lay courts and the state-made laws at every point along the debated frontier line. But for obvious reasons this argument was not open to all controversialists, for it is apt to make the national church look like a spendthrift who must be 'interdicted' or forcibly confined to his house, lest he waste his patrimony and subject himself to the dominant will of some designing rogue. Unless, however, we have some such argument...

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This highly useful book provides quick reference and accessibility to the current canon law of both churches. The entry for every canonical term presents its definition and the law relating to it in each canon. There are cross-references throughout to help the reader make further significant connections. Also included are terms not easily translated across the two canons, and some common terms from the Eastern Catholic Church. The appendices contain changes to the Universal law of the Roman Catholic Church which are outside the 1983 Code of Canon law. At a time when Christians are increasingly working side by side, this is an essential resource for pastoral workers, scholars and clergy in all the churches.

A thoroughly revised and updated standard work on the Canon law of the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England, this work now includes a list of Eastern Catholic Churches which are fully Catholic in so far as they are in full communion with the Roman pontiff. On the Anglican side, there is a list of Churches which comprise the Anglican Communion, and the changes brought about by the Churchwardens Measure (2001), the Clergy Discipline Measure (2003) and Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Measure (2009) have been included.

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