Diritto Canonico 2RA0902

To acquire a comprehensive knowledge of the canonical norms that govern various bodies of the people of God in the Church (CIC – CCL, Book II; related canons of CCEO).

1. General introduction: History and structure of CIC – Book II. 2) The Christian faithful: Obligations and rights of all faithful; obligations and rights of the lay faithful; sacred ministers or clerics; formation of clerics; enrolment of clerics or incardination; obligations and rights of clerics; loss of clerical state; personal prelatures; associations of Christian faithful; public associations of the faithful; common norms; public and private associations; special norms for lay associations. 3) The hierarchical constitution of the Church: Roman Pontiff and College of Bishops, Synod of Bishops, Cardinals, Roman Curia, Papal Legates; particular Churches, their structure, groupings and internal ordering. 4) The Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life: Common norms; Religious Congregations; Secular Institutes; Societies of Apostolic Life; departures: A summary of processes.

Textbooks: Code of Canon Law. Latin-English Edition. New English Translation. Washington: Canon Law Society of America, 2012 (or another newer edition); Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches. Latin-English Edition. New English Translation. Washington: Canon Law Society of America, 2001 (the CCEO can be digitally consulted at the Vatican website). Bibliography: Abbas, Jobe. Two Codes in Comparison. Rome: Pontificio Istituto Orientale, 2007; Beal, John, James Coriden, and Thomas Green, eds. New Commentary on the Code of Canon Law. Mahwah: Paulist Press, 2000; Caparros, Ernest, Michel Theriault, Jean Thorn, and, Helene Aube, eds. Code of Canon Law: Annotated. 2nd Edition. Montréal/Woodrige: Wilson & Lafleur Ltée/Midwest Theological Forum, 2004; Corecco, Eugenio. The Theology of Canon Law: A Methodological Question. Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 1992; Coriden, James. An Introduction to Canon Law. 3rd Edition. Mahwah: Paulist Press, 2019; Martín De Agar, Joseph. A Handbook on Canon Law. 2nd Edition. Montréal: Wilson & Lafleur Ltée, 2007; Marzoa, Angel, Jorge Miras, and Rafael Rodriguez-Ocana, eds. Exegetical Commentary on the Code of Canon Law. 8 vols. Woodridge: Midwest Theological Forum, 2004; Nedungatt, George. A Guide to the Eastern Code: A Commentary on the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches. Rome: Pontificio Istituto Orientale, 2002; Pospishil, Victor. Eastern Catholic Church Law. Revised and Augmented Edition. New York: Saint Maron Publications, 1996; Van de Wiel, Constant. History of Canon Law. Louvain: Peeters, 1991.