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[edit] omission of non-Judaeo-Christian legal canons

Hi, I just corrected the omission of all non-Judaeo-Christian legal canons from the claim that the RCC Canon law is nearly the oldest code of laws in history, the ones that occur to me are the Code of Hammurabai (circa 3000BCE), Buddhist and Jaina monastic laws (circa 500BCE). You may want to remove the whole claim since now it doesn't sound so impressive. --Bhikkhu Santi 21:14, 26 December 2006 (UTC)


I have one question, would anyone be able to give me one example of the canon law, like one of the main sections. Please help i am doing this for a school project. Sincerly Tiffany.

[edit] A major piece of Canon Law

Check out Gratian's Decretals, he did a lot of work in pulling different things together, reconcilling apparently contradictory information, and just putting it all together for the next 800 yrs of people to use as reference to their disputes. Hope it helps! Good Luck with it, and God Bless!!

Good luck indeed! It is written in Middle Ages Latin! Dave

[edit] Example of Canon Law

This is from Vatican Canon Law online. It's on the purpose of baptism, one of the seven sacraments of the Church. Kenj0418 04:47, Apr 8, 2005 (UTC)

BAPTISM (Cann. 849 - 878)
Can. 849 Baptism, the gateway to the sacraments and necessary for salvation by actual reception or at least by desire, is validly conferred only by a washing of true water with the proper form of words. Through baptism men and women are freed from sin, are reborn as children of God, and, configured to Christ by an indelible character, are incorporated into the Church.

[edit] correction at some point

It may be worth, at some point, to delinate out the time and evolution of Canon law, which began 1140's with Gratian and goes up to the current Codex Iuris Canonici. But I am not a good enough computer guru to do it.

DAVE

[edit] Errors

There are clear errors in the description of the history after 1900 - there is no mention about the CIC from 1917 - could somebody correct it? - I have no sources at hand. --Ioannes Pragensis 07:39, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

I caught a couple of the errors, but I don't remember all the details off hand, so I only put in teh parts that I was sure of. Where are the other Canon law students?DaveTroy 19:48, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Some changes

I made some signficant changes. First, why there is a peroration cheerleading for the Gregorian is beyond me. There are a lot of faculties of Canon Law. Second, it is patently untrue that almost all of the cardiunals come from the Greg. Third, the Apostolic Signatura is in no way the bar" for Canon Laws -- the number of canonists who ever actually interact with the Signatura is miniscule. Cloture is a technical parliamentary term, and does not mean the same thing as "closed." Gasparri was only arguable "brilliant" and the Pope did not merely "permit" the Eastern Churches to have their own system of canon law, etc.HarvardOxon 18:39, 5 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Delineation, correction, self evident truth

I'm going to change the intro, adding: The Code of Canon Law is properly termed Canon Law, only in relation The Law governing The One true Holy Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church. Other codes termed, canons, gain some legitimacy, through the reader's association with the Canon Law. The Code of Canon Law is translated into English [[1]]. This is the oldest continuously functioning body of law in the world.

Hi, I removed it, sorry - because not all churches' canons have been codified, and those whose are, is different. Though, The Code of Canon Law is covered under the Roman Catholic Church section. Also, it is covered in this article: Code of Canon Law, where there is a link to the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches. :) --KGBarnett (talk) 18:42, 26 May 2008 (UTC)