Authors: James A. Coriden
ISBN-13: 9780809142569, ISBN-10: 0809142562
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Paulist Press
Date Published: July 2004
Edition: REV
This new edition of An Introduction to Canon Law has been updated to reflect changes and adaptations in canon law, as well as to uncover new resources in the field. It offers an introductory orientation to all of canon law, it outlines and overviews the various specialized areas of the law, and it sketches the structure and function of the offices within the church and how they relate to one another. The book gives historical perspectives, and focuses on the rights and duties of Catholics in the church.
Introductory issues | 1 | |
Rules in a church community | 3 | |
New testament roots of the rules | 7 | |
The history of canon law | 10 | |
Canonical sources, forms, and distinctions | 33 | |
The code of canon law | 38 | |
A canonical constitution of the church | 45 | |
The people of God : book two of the code | 57 | |
The Christian faithful | 59 | |
Hierarchical structures | 71 | |
Consecrated and apostolic life | 99 | |
The teaching function : book three of the code | 107 | |
The sanctifying function : book four of the code | 119 | |
The governing function : book one of the code (general norms) | 155 | |
Temporal goods of the church : book five of the code | 173 | |
Sanctions in the church : book six of the code | 181 | |
Processes : book seven of the code | 191 | |
App. I | Doing research in canon law | 209 |