Ecclesiastical authority

  • 1Ecclesiastical jurisdiction — in its primary sense does not signify jurisdiction over ecclesiastics ( church leadership ), but jurisdiction exercised by church leaders over other leaders and over the laity. Jurisdiction is a word borrowed from the legal system which has… …

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  • 2Ecclesiastical 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… …

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  • 3Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction —     Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction     The right to guide and rule the Church of God. The subject is here treated under the following heads:     I. General Concept and Classification of… …

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  • 4Ecclesiastical Buildings — • This term comprehends all constructions erected for the celebration of liturgical acts, whatever be the name given to them, church, chapel, oratory, and basilica Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ecclesiastical Buildings      …

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  • 5Ecclesiastical Discipline —     Ecclesiastical Discipline     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Discipline     Etymologically the word discipline signifies the formation of one who places himself at school and under the direction of a master. All Christians are the… …

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  • 6Ecclesiastical 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 …

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  • 7Ecclesiastical Judge —     Ecclesiastical Judge     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Judge     (JUDEX ECCLESIASTICUS)     An ecclesiastical person who possesses ecclesiastical jurisdiction either in general or in the strict sense (see JURISDICTION) The official …

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  • 8Ecclesiastical 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… …

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  • 9Ecclesiastical Pension —     Ecclesiastical Pension     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Pension     The right to a certain sum of money to be paid yearly out of the revenues of a church or benefice to a cleric, on account of just reasons approved by an… …

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  • 10Ecclesiastical Judge — An Ecclesiastical Judge (in Latin Judex or Iudex Ecclesiasticus ) is an ecclesiastical person who possesses ecclesiastical jurisdiction either in general or in the strict sense. Catholic canon lawThe official body appointed by the qualified… …

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