Category: Religion Law

  • Penal Remedies

    Penal Remedies Penal Remedies in the Old Code of Canon Law In canon law, Penal remedies were the following (Canon 2306): monition, correction, precept, surveillance. In 1918, in the book “A Commentary and Summary of the New Code of Canon Law”, the author, Rev. Stanislaus Woywod wrote (references were to the old Code of Canon…

  • Code of Canon Law

    Code of Canon Law Old Code General Principles of Canon Law In 1918, in the book “A Commentary and Summary of the New Code of Canon Law”, the author, Rev. Stanislaus Woywod wrote: Special agreements or concordats made between certain nations and the Holy See are not changed by the Code. (Canon 3.) Acquired rights,…

  • Code of Canon Law

    Code of Canon Law Old Code General Principles of Canon Law In 1918, in the book “A Commentary and Summary of the New Code of Canon Law”, the author, Rev. Stanislaus Woywod wrote: Special agreements or concordats made between certain nations and the Holy See are not changed by the Code. (Canon 3.) Acquired rights,…

  • Tribunals of the Roman Curia

    Tribunals of the Roman Curia Tribunals of the Roman Curia in the Old Code of Canon Law In 1918, in the book “A Commentary and Summary of the New Code of Canon Law”, the author, Rev. Stanislaus Woywod wrote (references were to the old Code of Canon Law, no the 1983 Code of Canon Law):…

  • Delegated Jurisdiction

    Delegated Jurisdiction Delegated and Ordinary Jurisdiction in the Old Code of Canon Law In 1918, in the book “A Commentary and Summary of the New Code of Canon Law”, the author, Rev. Stanislaus Woywod wrote (references were to the old Code of Canon Law, no the 1983 Code of Canon Law): In the Catholic Church…

  • Infamy of Law

    Infamy of Law Infamy of Law in the Old Code of Canon Law In 1918, in the book “A Commentary and Summary of the New Code of Canon Law”, the author, Rev. Stanislaus Woywod wrote (references were to the old Code of Canon Law, no the 1983 Code of Canon Law): Infamy is divided into…

  • Dispensation

    Dispensation Dispensation a term with two main applications: to the action of administering, arranging or dealing out, and to the action of allowing certain things, rules, etc., to be done away with, relaxed. Of these two meanings the first is to be derived from the classical Latin use of dispensare, literally, to weigh out, hence…

  • Religion and American Law: An Encyclopedia

    Religion and American Law: An Encyclopedia Bibliographic Details Title: Religion and American Law: An Encyclopedia ISBN: 9780815307501 LC Classification: KF4783.A68 R45 Editor: Finkelman, Paul Publisher: Routledge Editor: Finkelman, Paul Location: New York Subjects: Reference, Constitutional, Sociology of Religion, Church and state, Freedom of religion, Religion and law, Sociology of Religion, United States, Law-Legal Guides, Civil…

  • Yom Kippur

    Yom Kippur Yom Kippur in General Yom Kippur is the most solemn religious of fast of the Jewish year, the last of the ten days of penitence that begin with Rosh Hashana (the Jewish New Year). It is also called the Day of Atonement. Yom Kippur [Heb.,=day of atonement], in Judaism, the most sacred holy…

  • History of the Church and State Relationship

    History of the Church and State Relationship Church and State, relationship between the organized church and the government of a country, especially with regard to the extent of their powers within each other’s sphere of activity. The problem of church and state has come into relatively sharp focus in the tradition of Western Christianity, although…

  • Calvinism

    Calvinism and Law The issue of ‘Calvinism and Law’ is a much-debated theme. It played a huge role in the historical debates around the Barmen Declaration (1934) in Germany and the Belhar Confession (1982) in South Africa. It prompts immediately vibrant discussions on civil disobedience and the relation between church and state and minorities and…

  • Rescripts

    Rescripts Rescripts in the Ecclesiastical Law In 1918, in the book “A Commentary and Summary of the New Code of Canon Law”, the author, Rev. Stanislaus Woywod wrote (references were to the old Code of Canon Law, no the 1983 Code of Canon Law): Canons 36-62 of (the title IV of the Old Code of…

  • Ecclesiastical Laws

    Ecclesiastical Laws Principles of Ecclesiastical Laws In 1918, in the book “A Commentary and Summary of the New Code of Canon Law”, the author, Rev. Stanislaus Woywod wrote (references were to the old Code of Canon Law, no the 1983 Code of Canon Law): The laws are instituted when they are promulgated. A law is…