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  2. Indulgence - Wikipedia

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    Indulgence. In the teaching of the Catholic Church, an indulgence ( Latin: indulgentia, from indulgeo, 'permit') is "a way to reduce the amount of punishment one has to undergo for (forgiven) sins". [1] The Catechism of the Catholic Church describes an indulgence as "a remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has ...

  3. Religious law - Wikipedia

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    The canon law of the Catholic Church (Latin: jus canonicum) [12] is the system of laws and legal principles made and enforced by the hierarchical authorities of the Church to regulate its external organization and government and to order and direct the activities of Catholics toward the mission of the Church. [13]

  4. Simony - Wikipedia

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    Church of England. The Church of England struggled with the practice after its separation from Rome. For the purposes of English law, simony is defined by William Blackstone as "obtain [ing] orders, or a licence to preach, by money or corrupt practices" [ 17] or, more narrowly, "the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice ...

  5. Dispensation (Catholic canon law) - Wikipedia

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    e. In the jurisprudence of the canon law of the Catholic Church, a dispensation is the exemption from the immediate obligation of law in certain cases. [1] Its object is to modify the hardship often arising from the rigorous application of general laws to particular cases, and its essence is to preserve the law by suspending its operation in ...

  6. Ecclesiastical court - Wikipedia

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    The courts have jurisdiction over matters dealing with the rights and obligations of church members, now limited to controversies in areas of church property and ecclesiastical disciplinary proceedings. In England these courts, unlike common law courts, are based upon and operate along civil law procedures and Canon law-based jurisprudence.

  7. Mendicant orders - Wikipedia

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    It was at one time the center of Western monasticism. Mendicant ordersare, primarily, certain Roman Catholicreligious ordersthat have adopted for their male members a lifestyle of poverty, traveling, and living in urban areas for purposes of preaching, evangelization, and ministry, especially to the poor.

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    The school claimed the town and CUPON undermined its efforts to buy the church property on Demarest Avenue. Supervisor: Insurance provider chose to settle 'nuisance' suit

  9. Legal history of the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    The Catholic Church utilizes the oldest continuously functioning legal system in the West, [1] much later than Roman law but predating the evolution of modern European civil law traditions. The history of Latin canon law can be divided into four periods: the jus antiquum, the jus novum, the jus novissimum and the Code of Canon Law. [2]

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