The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the canon law of the Catholic Church:
Catholic canon law is the set of rules and principles (laws) by which the Catholic Church is governed, through enforcement by governmental authorities.[clarification needed][citation needed] Law is also the field which concerns the creation and administration of laws.
Current law edit
- 1983 Code of Canon Law – 1983 codification of canonical legislation for the Latin Catholic Church
- Omnium in mentem – 2009 motu proprio of Pope Benedict XVI
- Magnum principium – 2017 apostolic letter by Pope Francis
- Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches – Eastern Catholic code of canon law
- Ad tuendam fidem – 1998 apostolic letter by Pope John Paul II
- Ex corde Ecclesiae – 1990 apostolic constitution of the Catholic Church
- Indulgentiarum Doctrina – 1967 apostolic constitution by Pope Paul VI
- Pastor bonus – Apostolic constitution of John Paul II
- Pontificalis Domus – Motu proprio issued by Pope Paul VI
- Veritatis gaudium – 2018 apostolic constitution by Pope Francis
- Custom – Repeated and constant performance of certain acts
Legal history edit
Legal history of the Catholic Church
Corpus Juris Canonici edit
Ancient church orders edit
Collections of ancient canons edit
Collections of ancient canons – Overview of ancient Christian laws
- Collectiones canonum Dionysianae
- Collectio canonum quadripartita – Medieval canon law collection
- Collectio canonum Quesnelliana – Late antique canonical collection
- Collectio canonum Wigorniensis – Medieval canon law collection
Other edit
Eastern Catholic canon law edit
Eastern Catholic canon law – Canon law for the Eastern Catholic churches
- Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches – Eastern Catholic code of canon law
- Eastern canonical reforms of Pius XII
- Nomocanon – Collection of ecclesiastical law in Eastern Christian tradition
- Archeparchy – Diocese in Eastern Christianity
- Eparchy – Diocese in Eastern Christianity
Liturgical law edit
Sacramental law edit
Holy Orders edit
Confession edit
- Apostolic Penitentiary
- Complicit absolution
- Canon penitentiary
- Internal and external forum
- Paenitentiale Theodori
- Penitential canons
- Seal of the Confessional
Eucharist edit
Matrimonial law edit
Impediments to marriage edit
Matrimonial dispensation edit
Trials and tribunals edit
Tribunal officers edit
Tribunal procedure edit
Canonical structures edit
Particular churches edit
- Particular churches sui juris
- Local particular churches
Juridic persons edit
Jurisprudence edit
- Benefice
- Canonical coronation
- Computation of time
- Contract law
- Custom
- Delegata potestas non potest delegari
- Derogation
- Dispensation
- Indult
- Impediment
- Interpretation
- Jurisdiction
- Peritus
- Obreption & subreption
- Obrogation
- Promulgation
- Resignation of the Roman Pontiff
- Sede vacante
- Vacatio legis
- Valid but illicit
Philosophy, theology, and fundamental theory of Catholic canon law edit
Law of persons edit
Canonical documents edit
Penal law edit
Procedural law edit
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