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• age canonical —  Возраст канонический …   Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов

• 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 age — is, in Roman Catholic canon law, the age at which a Catholic becomes capable of incurring certain obligations, enjoying special privileges, embracing special states of life, holding office or dignity, or receiving the sacraments. Each of these,… …   Wikipedia

• 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 Adoption —     Canonical Adoption     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Canonical Adoption     In a legal sense, adoption is an act by which a person, with the cooperation of the public authority, selects for his child one who does not belong to him. In Roman law… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Canonical Faculties —     Canonical Faculties     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Canonical Faculties     (Lat. Facultates)     In law, a faculty is the authority, privilege, or permission, to perform an act or function. In a broad sense, a faculty is a certain power,… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Canonical faculties — Canonical faculties, in the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church, are ecclesiastical rights conferred on a subordinate, by a superior who enjoys jurisdiction in the external forum. These rights then allow the subordinate to act, in the external …   Wikipedia

• Canonical impediment — In the Canon Law of the Catholic Church, a canonical impediment is a legal obstacle that prevents a sacrament from being performed validly and/or licitly. The term is used most frequently in relationship to the sacraments of Marriage and Holy… …   Wikipedia

• canonical age — noun : the age at which an individual may in accordance with the canons of a particular church become liable to certain obligations (as fasting) or eligible for certain privileges (as ordination) * * * Eccles. the age specified by canon law when… …   Useful english dictionary

• canonical age — Eccles. the age specified by canon law when a person becomes eligible to participate in a certain rite or hold a certain office. * * * …   Universalium