Constitutions, Ecclesiastical

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• Ecclesiastical Constitutions —     Ecclesiastical Constitutions     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Constitutions     The term constitution denotes, in general, the make up of a body, either physical or moral. Used in reference to civil or religious societies, the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Ecclesiastical Courts —     Ecclesiastical Courts     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Courts     I. JUDICIAL POWER IN THE CHURCH     In instituting the Church as a perfect society, distinct from the civil power and entirely independent of it, Christ gave her… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Ecclesiastical Archives — • A collection of documents, records, and memorials, pertaining to the origin, foundation, growth, history, and constitutions of a diocese, parish, monastery, or religious community under the jurisdiction of the Church Catholic Encyclopedia.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Ecclesiastical Letters —     Ecclesiastical Letters     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Letters     (LITTERÆ ECCLESIASTICÆ)     Ecclesiastical letters are publications or announcements of the organs of ecclesiastical authority, e.g. the synods, more particularly …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Ecclesiastical letter — Ecclesiastical letters are publications or announcements of the organs of Roman Catholic ecclesiastical authority, e.g. the synods, but more particularly of pope and bishops, addressed to the faithful in the form of letters. Letters of the Popes… …   Wikipedia

• Ecclesiastical history (Catholicism) — Ecclesiastical history, for the Roman Catholic Church, is the history of the Roman Catholic Church as an institution, written from a particular perspective. There is a traditional approach to such historiography. The generally identified starting …   Wikipedia

• Ecclesiastical Abbreviations —     Ecclesiastical Abbreviations     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Abbreviations     The words most commonly abbreviated at all times are proper names, titles (official or customary), of persons or corporations, and words of frequent… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Ecclesiastical Prisons —     Ecclesiastical Prisons     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Prisons     It is plain from many decrees in the Corpus Juris Canonici that the Church has claimed and exercised the right, belonging to a perfect and visible society, of… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Ecclesiastical Residence —     Ecclesiastical Residence     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Residence     A remaining or abiding where one s duties lie or where one s occupation is properly carried on, as the presence of a bishop in his diocese, a rector or… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Constitutions of Clarendon — The Constitutions of Clarendon were a set of legislative procedures passed by Henry II of England in 1164. The Constitutions were composed of 16 articles and represent an attempt to restrict ecclesiastical privileges and curb the power of the… …   Wikipedia