Canons, Collections of Ancient

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• Collections of Ancient Canons —     Collections of Ancient Canons     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Collections of Ancient Canons     While the essential principles of the constitution and government of the Church were immutably fixed by her Divine Founder, ecclesiastical… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Collections of ancient canons — contain collected bodies of canon law that originated in various documents, such as papal and synodal decisions, and that can be designated by the generic term of canons. Contents 1 Generalities 2 From the earliest to the apocryphal collections 2 …   Wikipedia

• Ecclesiastical Canons —     Ecclesiastical Canons     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Canons     Ecclesiastical Canons are certain rules or norms of conduct or belief prescribed by the Church. The name is derived from the Greek kanon, the instrument used by… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Canons of the Apostles — The Apostolic Canons [ [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03279a.htm CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Apostolic Canons ] ] or Ecclesiastical Canons of the Same Holy Apostles [ [http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/ANF 07/anf07 50.htm#P7376 2463844 ANF07. Fathers of… …   Wikipedia

• Penitential Canons — • Rules laid down by councils or bishops concerning the penances to be done for various sins. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Penitential Canons     Penitential Canons …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Apostolic Canons —     Apostolic Canons     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Apostolic Canons     A collection of ancient ecclesiastical decrees (eighty five in the Eastern, fifty in the Western Church) concerning the government and discipline of the Christian Church,… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Penitential canons — are religious rules laid down by councils or bishops concerning the penances to be done for various sins. These canons, collected, adapted to later practice, and completed by suitable directions formed the nucleus of the Penitential Book s (see… …   Wikipedia

• Christian biblical canons — For the Jewish canon, see Development of the Jewish Bible canon. For the Old Testament canon, see Development of the Old Testament canon. For the New Testament canon, see Development of the New Testament canon. Part of a series on …   Wikipedia

• Canon Law — • Canon law is the body of laws and regulations made by or adopted by ecclesiastical authority, for the government of the Christian organization and its members Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Canon Law     Canon Law …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Corpus Juris Canonici — • The term corpus here denotes a collection of documents; corpus juris, a collection of laws, especially if they are placed in systematic order Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Corpus Juris Canonici     Corpus Juris …   Catholic encyclopedia