Systems of law: ecclesiastical (canon) law

A practical, jargon free guide to key aspects of canon and public law for clergy, readers, churchwardens, PCC members and diocesan officers, covering common situations that affect every church.

The history of the vexed relationship between clergy and warfare is traced through a careful examination of canon law.

This collection of legal documents affecting the Christian Church in the Roman Empire is the first its kind in any language.

This collection of legal documents affecting the Christian Church in the Roman Empire is the first its kind in any language.

This collection of legal documents affecting the Christian Church in the Roman Empire is the first its kind in any language.

"e;A word of explanation is due for what may seem the temerity of reprinting and publishing in a connected form matters so diverse and incongruous as have been brought together in this little volume.

Before it was written there were a wide variety of views about the end of time held across different Jewish movements.

In eight chapters, David Harned explores the theology of the Apostles' Creed, taking the position that the creed, in fact, provides us with a master image for self-understanding, and that controlling image is "e;child of God.

Imagine receiving a shocking email from a church member stating that you, the pastor, have mishandled church funds and that you should resign for the good of the congregation.

The Book of Jubilees, or, as it is sometimes called, "the little Genesis," purports to be a revelation given by God to Moses through the medium of an angel, and containing a history, divided up into jubilee-periods of forty-nine years, from the creation to the coming of Moses.

In 1643 when the Long Parliament of England called the Westminster Assembly to produce the Westminster Confession, it also asked for a directory of "catechising".

It is a medieval truism that the poet meddles with words, the lawyer with the world.

It is a medieval truism that the poet meddles with words, the lawyer with the world.

Miracles in Korea is a collection of thirty-eight stories about Korean mountain wizards, Taoist hermits with supernatural powers, divine Taoists, and divine beings, who enjoy perennial youth, longevity, and immortality, and sometimes ascend to heaven.

This book compares historical and modern natural law ideas across global Christian traditions and explores their use in church law.

This book compares historical and modern natural law ideas across global Christian traditions and explores their use in church law.

Thomas Izbicki presents a new analysis of the medieval Church''s teaching about and disciplined practice of the Eucharist.

Thomas Izbicki presents a new analysis of the medieval Church''s teaching about and disciplined practice of the Eucharist.

This book surveys the textual representation of Cuthbert, the premier northern English saint, from the seventh to fifteenth centuries.

This book surveys the textual representation of Cuthbert, the premier northern English saint, from the seventh to fifteenth centuries.

Investigates papal government in the later-twelfth century, focusing on the decrees issued at papal councils, and their reception.

Discusses natural law as a traditional but highly contested source of canon law.

Accessible translations, with editions of papal documents from Late Antiquity, addressing key themes such as marriage, celibacy, ritual and heresy.

Discusses natural law as a traditional but highly contested source of canon law.

Accessible translations, with editions of papal documents from Late Antiquity, addressing key themes such as marriage, celibacy, ritual and heresy.

Comparing church laws within ten Christian traditions worldwide, Christianity emerges as a religion of law as well as of faith.

Comparing church laws within ten Christian traditions worldwide, Christianity emerges as a religion of law as well as of faith.

The Canons of the Church of England are an essential reference for anyone responsible for the legal aspects of running a church

The Canons of the Church of England are an essential reference for anyone responsible for the legal aspects of running a church.

Major new study of Ivo of Chartres, providing a new interpretation of the authorship of works attributed to him.

Major new study of Ivo of Chartres, providing a new interpretation of the authorship of works attributed to him.

Tracing the history of growth and then the slow disappearance of English law and social regulation.

A critique of the treatment of the right to freedom of religion within the UN and Europe, first published in 2005.

An interpretation of Gratian''s Decretum, based on the discovery of a shorter, original version.

An exploration of the influence of gender on the workings of memory in the Middle Ages, focussing on the non-elite.

Christ's Fulfillment of Torah and Temple is a concise introduction to the Christian theology of salvation in light of the contributions of Thomas Aquinas.

Das Kirchenrecht ist kein unveränderbarer monolithischer Block, sondern stets ein Ius semper reformandum.

Anhand eines konkreten Rechtsstreites wird das bestehende System von Verwaltungsbeschwerde und kirchlicher Verwaltungsgerichtsbarkeit auf seine Effizienz hin befragt: Stärken und Schwächen sowie Vorzüge und Grenzen werden dabei aufgezeigt.

Law, Person, and Community: Philosophical, Theological, and Comparative Perspectives on Canon Law takes up the fundamental question "e;What is law?

International Transactions in Goods: Global Sales in Comparative Context explains the complex transactional structures common in international sales, from both an international and a domestic legal perspective.