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canon law

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canon law
n.
The body of officially established rules governing the faith and practice of the members of a Christian church.
canon law
Noun
the body of laws of a Christian Church
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Noun1.canon law - the body of codified laws governing the affairs of a Christian church
ecclesiastical law
diriment impediment - (canon law) an impediment that invalidates a marriage (such as the existence of a prior marriage)
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
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As Archbishop Terence Finlay hoped (Archbishop weds lesbian couple, November Anglican Journal), I have reflected carefully on his decision to marry his lesbian friends--this, despite the fact that this is contrary to canon law, which apparently does not apply to archbishops, but only to more lowly clergy
Archbishop's actions shake my loyalty to church by Letman, Gordon / Anglican Journal
When asked in a television interview broadcast in August about the place of women in the church, he noted with approval the influence of women in Catholic history but drew attention to a "juridical problem: according to canon law the power to take legally binding decisions is limited to sacred orders.
A woman's place? The problem of gender equality in the church is not ... by Cones, Bryan / U.S. Catholic
When I studied canon law, celibacy was defined as the "state of not being married" (the Latin caelibatus means "unmarried").
Celibacy vs. chastity by Commonweal
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