Explore: Penance (canon Law)

In canon law, a canon designates some law promulgated by a synod, an ecumenical council, or an individual bishop. The word "canon" comes from the Greek

Purgatory. According to the Church’s Code of Canon Law: The confessor is to enjoin salutary and suitable penances in keeping with the quality and number of

the desire of the sacrament." "The Sacrament of Penance". 1983 Code of Canon Law. "Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation". Catechism of the Catholic

penalties prescribed in canon law must be diminished or replaced by a penance. The canon does not automatically remove the penalty completely except in cases

Canon law (from Ancient Greek: κανών, kanon, a 'straight measuring rod, ruler') is a set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical authority

The canon law of the Catholic Church (from Latin ius canonicum) is "how the Church organizes and governs herself". It is the system of religious laws and

particular vigilance (64). Except in connection with the sacrament of Penance, canon law imposed no legal obligation – though a moral one might exist – to

Doctor of Canon Law (Latin: Juris Canonici Doctor, JCD) is the doctoral-level terminal degree in the studies of canon law of the Roman Catholic Church

from the Decretum when discussing penance in his Sentences (c. 1150). Because of its influence as a source of canon law, the Decretum served as an influence

In the canon law of the Catholic Church, a distinction is made between the internal forum, where an act of governance is made without publicity, and the