Outline of Catholic canon law
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the canon law of the Catholic Church:
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Catholic canon law is the set of rules and principles (laws) by which the Catholic Church is governed, through enforcement by governmental authorities.[clarification needed][citation needed] Law is also the field which concerns the creation and administration of laws.
Current law
[edit]- 1983 Code of Canon Law – 1983 codification of canonical legislation for the Latin Catholic Church
- Omnium in mentem – 2009 motu proprio of Pope Benedict XVI
- Magnum principium – 2017 apostolic letter by Pope Francis
- Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches – Eastern Catholic code of canon law
- Ad tuendam fidem – 1998 apostolic letter by Pope John Paul II
- Ex corde Ecclesiae – 1990 apostolic constitution of the Catholic Church
- Indulgentiarum Doctrina – 1967 apostolic constitution by Pope Paul VI
- Pastor bonus – Apostolic constitution of John Paul II
- Pontificalis Domus – Motu proprio issued by Pope Paul VI
- Veritatis gaudium – 2018 apostolic constitution by Pope Francis
- Custom – Repeated and constant performance of certain acts
Legal history
[edit]Legal history of the Catholic Church
Corpus Juris Canonici
[edit]Ancient church orders
[edit]Collections of ancient canons
[edit]Collections of ancient canons – Overview of ancient Christian laws
- Collectiones canonum Dionysianae – The canon law collection compiled by Dionysius Exiguus
- Collectio canonum quadripartita – Medieval canon law collection
- Collectio canonum Quesnelliana – Late antique canonical collection
- Collectio canonum Wigorniensis – Medieval canon law collection
Other
[edit]- Pseudo-Isidorian Decretals
- Benedictus Deus (Pius IV)
- Contractum trinius
- Defect of birth
- Jus exclusivae
- Papal appointment
- Right of option
Eastern Catholic canon law
[edit]Eastern Catholic canon law – Canon law for the Eastern Catholic churches
- Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches – Eastern Catholic code of canon law
- Eastern canonical reforms of Pius XII
- Nomocanon – Collection of ecclesiastical law in Eastern Christian tradition
- Archeparchy – Diocese in Eastern Christianity
- Eparchy – Diocese in Eastern Christianity
Liturgical law
[edit]- Apostolic Penitentiary
- Complicit absolution
- Canon penitentiary
- Internal and external forum
- Paenitentiale Theodori
- Penitential canons
- Seal of the Confessional
Trials and tribunals
[edit]Tribunal officers
[edit]Tribunal procedure
[edit]Canonical structures
[edit]- Particular churches sui juris
- Local particular churches
- Benefice
- Canonical coronation
- Computation of time
- Contract law
- Custom
- Delegata potestas non potest delegari
- Derogation
- Dispensation
- Indult
- Impediment
- Interpretation
- Jurisdiction
- Peritus
- Obreption & subreption
- Obrogation
- Promulgation
- Resignation of the Roman Pontiff
- Sede vacante
- Vacatio legis
- Valid but illicit
Law of persons
[edit]- Person (Catholic canon law)
- Canonical age
- Canonical faculties (Catholic canon law)
- Clerics and public office
- Clerical celibacy
- Consecrated life
- Defect of birth
- Emancipation
- Juridic & physical persons
- Jus patronatus
- Laicization (dispensation)
Canonical documents
[edit]- Acta Apostolicae Sedis
- Notary (Catholic canon law)
- Apostolic constitution
- Canon
- Concordat
- Decree
- Decretal
- Encyclical
- Motu proprio
- Ordinance
- Papal brief
- Papal bull
- Penitential
- Positive law
- Rescript
Penal law
[edit]- Canon 1324
- Canon 1397 §2
- Censure (canon law)
- Excommunication
- Interdict
- Internal and external forum
- Laicization (penal)
- Latae sententiae
- Ferendae sententiae
- Lifetime of prayer and penance
Procedural law
[edit]Election of the Roman Pontiff