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A Concise Guide to Canon Law will do just that. This handy reference provides a compact overview of the most important canonical issues facing pastoral ministers today. Arranged by topic, it offers a thorough summary of church law -- including such topics as the sacraments and church organization -- and is complete with reference numbers to relevant canons in the Code of Canon Law. Helpful sections of "frequently asked questions and answers" at the end of the chapters make finding answers to the most often-asked questions even easier.
A Concise Guide to Canon Law
by McKenna, Kevin E.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-04-01
Publisher(s): Ave Maria Pr
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Summary
Pastoral ministers are faced with new questions and challenges every day, and answers aren't always easy to find. Canon law can provide the answers to some of the most complicated questions, but busy pastoral ministers don't always know where or how to find those answers. What's needed is a clear, concise, easy-to-use reference guide to church law, one that puts the answers right at your fingertips.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. 11 |
| Preface | p. 13 |
| Historical Introduction | p. 15 |
| Canon Law: A General Orientation | p. 21 |
| Sacraments: General Canonical Principles | p. 25 |
| Baptism | p. 27 |
| Baptism Ritual | p. 27 |
| Adult Baptism | p. 27 |
| Infant Baptism | p. 27 |
| Day and Place for Baptism | p. 27 |
| Ordinary Minister | p. 28 |
| Requirements for Baptism | p. 28 |
| Doubtful Baptism | p. 28 |
| Baptismal Sponsors | p. 29 |
| Proving Baptism | p. 29 |
| Recording Baptism | p. 29 |
| Membership in a Ritual Church | p. 30 |
| Baptism Into a Ritual Church | p. 30 |
| Ritual Church Transfer | p. 30 |
| Frequently Asked Questions and Answers | p. 32 |
| Confirmation | p. 37 |
| Conferral of Sacrament | p. 37 |
| Ordinary Minister of Sacrament | p. 37 |
| Eligibility for the Sacrament | p. 38 |
| Confirmation Sponsor | p. 38 |
| Registration of Sacrament | p. 38 |
| Frequently Asked Questions and Answers | p. 39 |
| Eucharist | p. 41 |
| Presider at Eucharist | p. 41 |
| Concelebration With Ministers of Other Churches | p. 41 |
| Distribution of Holy Communion | p. 41 |
| Admittance to Eucharist | p. 41 |
| Proper Reception of Eucharist | p. 42 |
| Eucharistic Celebration | p. 42 |
| Mass Offerings | p. 43 |
| Frequently Asked Questions and Answers | p. 44 |
| Penance | p. 49 |
| Individual Confession | p. 49 |
| General Absolution | p. 49 |
| Minister of the Sacrament | p. 50 |
| Obligation to Confess | p. 50 |
| Frequently Asked Questions and Answers | p. 51 |
| Anointing of the Sick | p. 53 |
| Sacred Oil | p. 53 |
| Sacred Anointing | p. 53 |
| Opportunities for Celebration | p. 53 |
| Minister of the Sacrament | p. 53 |
| Eligibility to Receive Sacrament | p. 54 |
| Frequently Asked Questions and Answers | p. 55 |
| Sacred Orders | p. 57 |
| Minister of the Sacrament | p. 57 |
| Eligibility for the Sacrament | p. 57 |
| Requirements for Ordination to Diaconate and Presbyterate | p. 58 |
| Irregularities and Other Impediments | p. 59 |
| Impeded Simply | p. 60 |
| Irregularities for Those Already Ordained | p. 60 |
| Impeded From Exercising Orders | p. 60 |
| Registration and Certification of Ordination | p. 61 |
| Frequently Asked Questions and Answers | p. 62 |
| Marriage | p. 65 |
| Important Principles | p. 65 |
| The Pastoral Care of Marriage | p. 66 |
| Marriages That Require Permission of the Local Ordinary | p. 66 |
| Marriage Impediments | p. 67 |
| "All Is Prepared" (Omnia Parata Sunt) | p. 68 |
| Specific Impediments | p. 68 |
| Age | p. 68 |
| Impotence | p. 68 |
| Prior Bond | p. 69 |
| Disparity of Cult | p. 69 |
| Sacred Orders | p. 69 |
| Vow of Chastity | p. 70 |
| Abduction | p. 70 |
| Crime (Crimen) | p. 70 |
| Consanguinity | p. 70 |
| Affinity | p. 70 |
| Public Propriety | p. 70 |
| Adoption | p. 71 |
| Form for Marriage | p. 71 |
| Dispensation From Canonical Form | p. 71 |
| Contracting Marriage in the Presence of Witnesses Alone | p. 72 |
| Place for Marriage Celebration | p. 72 |
| Recording Marriages | p. 73 |
| Secret Marriages | p. 73 |
| Convalidation of Marriage | p. 73 |
| Sanations | p. 74 |
| Authority to Grant Sanations | p. 74 |
| Frequently Asked Questions and Answers | p. 75 |
| Parishes | p. 81 |
| Pastor | p. 81 |
| Parochial Vicar | p. 82 |
| Pastoral Council | p. 83 |
| Finance Council | p. 83 |
| Frequently Asked Questions and Answers | p. 84 |
| The Diocesan Church | p. 87 |
| Diocesan Bishop | p. 87 |
| The Diocesan Synod | p. 88 |
| The Diocesan Curia | p. 89 |
| Vicar General | p. 89 |
| Episcopal Vicar | p. 89 |
| Chancellor | p. 90 |
| Finance Officer | p. 90 |
| The Diocesan Finance Council | p. 90 |
| The Presbyteral Council | p. 91 |
| Consultors | p. 92 |
| Frequently Asked Questions and Answers | p. 93 |
| Declaration of Invalidity (Annulment) | p. 97 |
| Elements of Procedure | p. 97 |
| Possible Causes for Declaring a Marriage Invalid | p. 98 |
| Officers of the Court | p. 99 |
| Dissolution of the Bond | p. 100 |
| Frequently Asked Questions and Answers | p. 101 |
| Temporal goods | p. 103 |
| Acquiring Temporal Goods | p. 103 |
| Administering Ecclesiastical Goods | p. 103 |
| Responsibilities of All Administrators | p. 104 |
| Contracts and Alienation in Particular | p. 105 |
| Frequently Asked Questions and Answers | p. 106 |
| Rights in the Church | p. 109 |
| Obligations and Rights of All the Christian Faithful | p. 109 |
| Obligations and Rights of the Laity | p. 110 |
| Glossary | p. 112 |
| Suggested Reading | p. 126 |
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