Canon Law "corpus"
The present Canon law "corpus" is made up of three major documents:
- the Code of Canon Law for the Latin rite Catholic Church;
- the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches for all Eastern Catholic Churches;
- the apostolic constitution Pastor Bonus for the organization of the Roman Curia.
Read more about this topic: Canon Law (Catholic Church)
Famous quotes containing the words canon law, canon, law and/or corpus:
“The greatest block today in the way of woman’s emancipation is the church, the canon law, the Bible and the priesthood.”
—Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902)
“There is a Canon which confines
A Rhymed Octosyllabic Curse
If written in Iambic Verse
To fifty lines.”
—Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953)
“Concord’s little arch does not span all our fate, nor is what transpires under it law for the universe.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“By that bedes side ther kneleth a may,
And she wepeth both nyght and day.
And by that beddes side ther stondith a ston,
‘Corpus Christi’wretyn theron.”
—Unknown. Corpus Christi Carol (l. 11–14)