Acts, Canonical

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• Canonical Acts —     Canonical Acts     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Canonical Acts     According to the old Roman jurisprudence, acts are the registers (acta) in which were recorded the official documents, the decisions and sentences of the judges. Acts designate… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Canonical Hours — • Essay on the practice of reciting the Divine Office according to set hours Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Canonical Hours     Canonical Hours      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Canonical Inquisition —     Canonical Inquisition     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Canonical Inquisition     Canonical Inquisition is either extra judicial or judicial: the former might be likened to a coroner s inquest in our civil law; while the latter is similar to an… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Canonical Impediments —     Canonical Impediments     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Canonical Impediments     I. GENERAL NOTION OF AN IMPEDIMENT     The Latin word impedimentum signifies directly whatever embarrasses or hinders a person, whatever is an obstacle to his… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Canonical Institution —     Canonical Institution     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Canonical Institution     (Lat. institutio, from instituere, to establish)     In its widest signification, Canonical Institution denotes any manner, in accordance with canon law, of… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Canonical Age —     Canonical Age     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Canonical Age     The word age, taken in its widest meaning, may be described as a period of time . The geologist, physiologist, and jurist define it differently, each from his own viewpoint.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Canonical Provincial —     Canonical Provision     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Canonical Provision     Canonical Provision is a term signifying regular induction into a benefice, comprising three distinct acts the designation of the person, canonical institution, and… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Canonical Admonitions —     Canonical Admonitions     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Canonical Admonitions     A preliminary means used by the Church towards a suspected person, as a preventive of harm or a remedy of evil. In the Instruction emanating in 1880, by direction… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Canonical institution — (from the Latin institutio , from instituere , to establish) is a technical term of the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church, meaning in practice an institution having full recognition and status within the Church.BeneficesIn its widest… …   Wikipedia

• Canonical admonitions — are a preliminary means used by the Roman Catholic Church towards a suspected person, as a preventive of harm or a remedy of evil.HistoryThe 1880 instruction, by direction of Pope Leo XIII, from the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars to the… …   Wikipedia