Introduction to Canon Law

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This is the introductory course to the law of the Latin Church. After looking at several fundamental aspects of justice (ius) and the history of Canon Law, the course will embark on a general overview the 1983 Code of Canon Law, in particular general norms (Book I); the People of God and the hierarchical constitution of the Church, as well as the Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (Book II); the teaching office of the Church (Book III); temporal goods (Book V); sanctions in the Church (Book VI); and finally processes (Books VII).