Canon law

Canon law is the body of laws and regulations made by ecclesiastical authority (Church leadership), for the government of a Christian organization or church and its members. It is the internal ecclesiastical law governing the Catholic Church (both Latin Church and Eastern Catholic Churches), the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches, and the individual national churches within the Anglican Communion. The way that such church law is legislated, interpreted and at times adjudicated varies widely among these three bodies of churches. In all three traditions, a canon was originally a rule adopted by a church council; these canons formed the foundation of canon law.

Etymology

Greek kanon / Ancient Greek: κανών,Arabic Qanun / قانون, Hebrew kaneh / קנה, "straight"; a rule, code, standard, or measure; the root meaning in all these languages is "reed" (cf. the Romance-language ancestors of the English word "cane").

Canons of the Apostles

The Apostolic Canons or Ecclesiastical Canons of the Same Holy Apostles is a collection of ancient ecclesiastical decrees (eighty-five in the Eastern, fifty in the Western Church) concerning the government and discipline of the Early Christian Church, incorporated with the Apostolic Constitutions which are part of the Ante-Nicene Fathers In the fourth century the First Council of Nicaea (325) calls canons the disciplinary measures of the Church: the term canon, κανὠν, means in Greek, a rule. There is a very early distinction between the rules enacted by the Church and the legislative measures taken by the State called leges, Latin for laws.

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Cinema Blend 21 Dec 2024
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Matildas captain Sam Kerr and her pregnant fiancée Kristie Mewis arrive home in Australia for ...

The Daily Mail 19 Dec 2024
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Nancy Meyers Grills Jude Law About The Holiday Sequel at His Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony; See Actor's Response HERE

Pinkvilla 13 Dec 2024
Nancy Meyers asked Jude Law about The Holiday sequel during their reunion at his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony ... Nancy Meyers Grills Jude Law About The Holiday Sequel at His Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony; See Actor's Response HERE ... In the clip, as Meyers films Law, she recalls that the duo hadn’t reunited since wrapping the movie in question....
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Vogue 13 Dec 2024
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Jude Law teases ‘The Holiday’ sequel with Nancy Meyers, brings back Mr. Napkin Head to ...

New York Post 13 Dec 2024
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Ben Stiller and His Focker-in-Law Might Reunite

New York Magazine 11 Dec 2024
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Australia-based S. Korean reunites with separated relatives in N. Korea in October: Seoul

Korea Times 10 Dec 2024
A South Korean national residing in Australia traveled to North Korea and met with two nephews in October in the first privately arranged separated families reunion in five years, the South Korean unification ministry said Tuesday ... Privately brokered family reunions gained traction in the late 1990s, reaching a peak of 283 cases in 2003....

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