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Canonical obedience

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submission to the canons of a church, especially the submission of the inferior clergy to their bishops, and of other religious orders to their superiors.
See under Canonical.

See also: canonic Obedience



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The real issue is whether you wilfully defied the discipline of the church and broke your oath of canonical obedience to your bishop.
Kunonga, having severed his allegiance and cast aside his canonical obedience to be bound by the laws of the province, which includes the diocese of Harare, has ceased to be a member of the diocese, and is no longer the bishop of the diocese," said a statement signed by 14 bishops in the Anglican province.
Primate Michael Peers said one good thing about the communique was that it "doesn't try to make Lambeth resolutions the object of canonical obedience.
 
 
 
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