Canon Law Explained: A Handbook for Laymen

Name: Canon Law Explained: A Handbook for Laymen
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ISBN: 9781622821785

By: Fr Laurence J. Spiteri & Laurence John Spiteri

Sophia Institute Press / 2014 / Paperback

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Successful organizations always create employee handbooks and clear procedure manuals that delineate where authority lies, how conflicts are to be resolved, and, above all, how each organization's mission is (and is not) to be accomplished.The Catholic Church also governs itself by means of a handbook, which it calls the Code of Canon Law.

In Canon Law Explained, Fr. Spiteri's brief, but lucid explanations of the origins and meaning of the canons make sense of much that puzzles non-Catholics about our Church and often frustrates Catholics as well. As he relates the Church's laws and procedures directly to Christ's command "to go forth and teach all nations" - and to the role those laws and procedures play in your salvation and mine - Fr. Spiteri transforms what seem to be dry-as-dust rules into the sweet waters of salvation.

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Title: Canon Law Explained: A Handbook for Laymen
By: Monsignor Laurence J. Spiteri JCD, Ph.D.
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 320
Vendor: Sophia Institute Press
Publication Date: 2014

Dimensions: 8.4 X 5.4 X 0.9 (inches)
Weight: 15 ounces
ISBN: 1622821785
ISBN-13: 9781622821785
Stock No: WW821785

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Fr. Spiteri offers brief, but lucid explanations of the origins and meanings of the fascinating canons that lay out the Church's official principles and procedures governing matters as various as abbots and annulments, scandals and Sacraments, homeschoolers, Councils, impotence, imprimaturs, and, even marriages to the person who murdered your spouse If you want to know the Church for who She is - and to love Her more - Canon Law Explained is the book for you.

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Msgr. Laurence Spiteri is a priest of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, California, and serves as Prelate Auditor of the Roman Rota at the Vatican and Commissioner of ratum-non-consumatum cases. He holds doctorates in biblical studies, psychology, and canon law, and a specialization in international law regarding the Church-state relationship. He serves as the official in charge of the Legal Office of the Vatican Apostolic Library, a voting member of the Historical Commission of the Dicastery of the Causes of Saints, an ad hoc judge at the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, a consultant to various Roman dicasteries and religious communities, and CEO of the Sanctuary of Culture Foundation, of the Treasures of History Foundation, and of the St. Joseph, Husband of Mary Foundation. He is a former Associate Director and Judge at the Metropolitan Tribunal of Los Angeles, Judge at the Tribunal of Las Vegas, assistant at the Apostolic Signatura, instructor in canonical procedures, and v