canon law
Ecclesiastical legal code
Canon law is the body of rules and regulations governing a religious organization, especially the Roman Catholic Church.
It covers matters like church administration, clergy conduct, marriage, and discipline.
The annulment was granted under canon law.
Canon law operates alongside civil law, with its own courts and procedures for ecclesiastical matters.
Pope's office and authority
- curiaAdministrative assembly hall
- dioceseBishop's territorial jurisdiction
- synodChurch governing assembly
- episcopateBishops as a body
papal bull · excommunication · interdict · canonist · prelature · patriarchate · chancery · vicar
Organizing rules into system
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
- adjudicationFormal decision on disputes
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
statute · precedent · legislation · compliance · sanction · dispensation · rota · delict
Sacred Christian rites
- matrimonyLegal union of spouses
- baptismRitual water purification ceremony
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
annulment · impediment · validity · mixed marriage · sponsor · godparent · confirmation · anointing
Ranked authority structure
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- laityNon-ordained church members
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
religious orders · clerical · pontifical · visitation · mandate · protocol · province · deanery
Unchallengeable official beliefs
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
- infallibilityIncapacity for mistakes
- apostolicOf the first disciples
exegesis · catechism · encyclical · schism · anathema · censure · imprimatur · sacred tradition
papacy
Pope's office and authority
- curiaAdministrative assembly hall
- dioceseBishop's territorial jurisdiction
- synodChurch governing assembly
episcopate · papal bull · excommunication · interdict · canonist · prelature · patriarchate · chancery · vicar · consistory
codification
Organizing rules into system
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
- adjudicationFormal decision on disputes
decree · statute · precedent · legislation · compliance · sanction · dispensation · rota · delict · nullity
sacraments
Sacred Christian rites
- matrimonyLegal union of spouses
- baptismRitual water purification ceremony
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
confession · annulment · impediment · validity · mixed marriage · sponsor · godparent · confirmation · anointing
hierarchy
Ranked authority structure
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- laityNon-ordained church members
clergy · religious orders · clerical · pontifical · visitation · mandate · protocol · province · deanery · parish
dogma
Unchallengeable official beliefs
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
- infallibilityIncapacity for mistakes
apostolic · exegesis · catechism · encyclical · schism · anathema · censure · imprimatur · sacred tradition
- rulesrule, guideline, bylaw, standard, norm
- legal fieldscivil procedure, criminal procedure, criminal code, penal code, legal theory
- ancient lawsCode of Hammurabi, Hammurabi, Twelve Tables, Ten Commandments, Justinian Code
- legal historylegal history, Roman jurisprudence, codification, legal codes, criminal codes
- medieval studiesmedieval studies, trivium, Middle English, medieval universities, Anglo-Saxon
- church lawchurch court, papal bull, papal bulls, papal decree, papal authority
canon lawcivil law
Law governing private disputes
secular law · state law · common law · statutory law · criminal law
canon lawsecular law
Legal code without religious basis
civil code · secularism · Napoleonic Code · Roman law · tribal law
law, canon, canonical, canons, canonically, canonicity, noncanonical