Canon Law Exam 1 Flashcards

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1
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3 elements required for full communion

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  1. recognition of papal of primacy
  2. common sharing in the sacraments of the Church
  3. common formal doctrines of the Church
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Pastor Aeternus 4 chapters

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Chapter 1: On the institution of the apostolic primacy in blessed Peter
Chapter 2: On the permanence of the primacy of blessed Peter in the Roman pontiffs
Chapter 3: On the power and character of the primacy of the Roman Pontiff
Chapter 4: On the Infallible Teaching Authority of the Roman Pontiff

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3
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3 types of law that make up Canon Law

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Divine Law, Natural Law and merely Ecclesiastical Law

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Law based upon divine revelation (scripture) and part of Tradition

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Divine Law

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the proper ordering of nature which can be known by human reason and followed by the human will

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Natural Law

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the discipline and ordering of the society of the Church

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Merely Ecclesiastical Law

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Example of Ecclesiastical Law

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Eucharistic Fast, Priestly Celibacy. Laws that are not from Natural Law or Divine Law.

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Example of Divine Law

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10 Commandments

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9
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Example of Natural Law

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nourishment

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10
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Why is the term “canon law” used?

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the “laws” are codified and numbered in sequence, each is itself a “canon”

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11
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Canon Law may be known as _____, if it is distinguished from ___ ___

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Canon Law may be “ECCLESIATICAL LAW” if it is distinguished form “MERELY ECC> LAW”

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12
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the Second Vatican Council stimulated the search for various models and images to emphasize the ___________

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People of God

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13
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the fundamental theology of the Church, the church reflecting on her own nature, has not changed substantially

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Ecclesiology

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14
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regardless of the model, the Church remains functionally, and more importantly by divine institution, a _____ in its governance

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Hierarchy in its Governance

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15
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What is the largest group of the Church?

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The Faithful - the baptized

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16
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Set apart from the Faithful is the group of ____, set apart because of ____

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Clergy, set apart because of Holy Orders

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17
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canon law contains essentially _____

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the laws of the Church

18
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Canon Law does not contain doctrine per se, but ____

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is BASED on Doctrine

19
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Examples of Law based on Doctrine

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Hierarchy of the Church –> Pope, Apostolic Succession

20
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Law an an application of doctrine to discipline

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Homily reserved to priest or deacon

21
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Sources for Canon Law

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the sources are the legislative acts of councils of the Church, of the Holy Father, of those to whom he has given legislative authority

22
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The Pope, as head of the Church has ___ (3) authority

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Legislative, Executive, Judicial

23
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The power to make law is entrusted to the Pope by

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Christ and the institution of the Church.

24
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Trent was concerned with

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theological response to the crisis of Martin Luther

25
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many of the decrees of Trent (decretals) were concerned with imposing

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a stricter discipline, especially upon the clergy

26
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Trent was both a __ and __ council

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Theological and Legislative

27
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Which council created formal seminary formation?

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Trent

28
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Pope’s cathedral church is

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St. John Lateran.

29
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Examples of Other Sources:

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papal letters, decretals, responses to ecclesial and secular crises, disputed questions of law and procedure

30
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the greatest sources came from

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the Holy Father, even if issued through different channels

31
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Who helped organizing the law in the beginning

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Dionysius Exiguus (Dennis the Short)
Pseudo-Isodore Decretals
Gregory VII (7th)
32
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Dionysiuis organized (c. 500)

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the Papal Constitutions and the Synodal Decrees

33
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Pseudo-Isidore Decretals (c. 850) dealt with

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arguments between BISHOPS and CIVIL AUTHORITY

34
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Who defined the election of the poep by the cardinals?>

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Gregory VII

35
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Names of people who helped with the codification

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Gratian, Raymond of Pennafort, Boniface VIII

36
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The Code of 1917 was a _____ of _____ ____

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compilation of existing law

37
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Who started the process of the 1st Code of Canon Law, who promulgated it?

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Pius X started it, promulgated by Benedict XV

38
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1917 law structured like that of

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Justinian’s Code from the 6th Century

39
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The 1917 Code was in effect until

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1983

40
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____ ___ contributed some structural and procedural ideas, particularly in the area of tribunals, sanctions, and organizational models

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Roman Law