Canon Law Explained

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Our Price:  £16.50(VAT Free) Notify me when this item is available Author: Fr Laurence J Spiteri Product Code:  B2289 ISBN:  9781622821785 Publisher:  Sophia Format  Paperback Pages  320 Availability      Sorry, out of stock Stock info: Sorry, out of stock Share Tweet

Among the things you'll learn in the pages of Canon Law Explained:

• Who's in charge here? Your pastor, your bishop? The Synod? Ecumenical Councils? The Pope? It's not as simple as you think
• When Church authorities must consult you (and when they are free to act on their own)
• The strict limits on the authority of priests and bishops, even within their own jurisdictions
• Why only ministers may preach
• Baptized non-Catholics: why the Church has authority over their marriages, too
• How money must be handled in the Church
• What missionaries can do - and what Canon Law strictly forbids them to do - in winning souls for Christ
• Ecumenism: How Canon Law requires it (but imposes strict limits on it, too)
• The Sacraments: when they're valid, and when they're not
• The rights of catechumens - and their duties
• Priestless parishes: who can do what in them
• Valid marriages that the Church can dissolve (Did you know there are some?)
• Church trials: why they are necessary, and why over 100 canons govern them
• The five kinds of publications that still require an imprimatur
• Is this marriage valid or not? How the Church decides (It's not simple, quick, or easy)
• And much more... Plus background information and explanations to show you how these rules and procedures came about and the wisdom of the Church in adopting them