Ecclesiastical Courts
Introduction to Ecclesiastical Courts
Ecclesiastical Courts, tribunals exercising jurisdiction in religious matters. In its broadest sense, the term ecclesiastical court is applied to any former or existing tribunal established by religious authority. In a more restricted sense, it is applied only to the tribunals of the Christian church, which are also sometimes called Courts Christian and are now found in the Roman Catholic church and in many Protestant churches, as well as in the Church of England and other Anglican churches. Included are the bodies established by some United States Protestant denominations to legislate with respect to church policy and administration and to exercise church discipline.” (1)
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Notes and References
- Information about Ecclesiastical Courts in the Encarta Online Encyclopedia
Guide to Ecclesiastical Courts
In this Section
Ecclesiastical Courts, Ecclesiastical Courts Origins, Ecclesiastical Courts in the Middle Ages and Ecclesiastical Courts Decline in Power.
Definition of Ecclesiastical Courts
In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Ecclesiastical Courts : Courts responsible for the administration of the ecclesiastical law of the Church of England. They comprise consistory courts, which are the courts of each diocese, for enforcing discipline among the clergy; the *Court of Arches and the Chancery Court of York, which hear appeals from consistory courts in their respective provinces; the *Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, which hears appeals from the provincial courts in matters not involving doctrine, ritual, or ceremonial; and the *Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved.
The Legal History of Ecclesiastical Courts
This section provides an overview of Ecclesiastical Courts
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See Also
- Legal Biography
- Legal Traditions
- Historical Laws
- History of Law
Further Reading
- Ecclesiastical Courts in the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford University Press)
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Political and Legal History (Oxford University Press)
- Ecclesiastical Courts in the Dictionary of Concepts in History, by Harry Ritter
- A Short History of Western Legal Theory, by John Kelly
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