ecclesiastical law

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The charter codified a series of institutions and attitudes that seemed to treat England’s law as the successor to ecclesiastical law, having an authority and existence separate and above its earthly practitioners.

From New York Times • May 21, 2010

She then learned of a new tribe of radical Catholics: priests, nuns and laymen who were challenging both civil and ecclesiastical law in the name of a higher commitment to God.

From Time Magazine Archive

In fact, mandatory celibacy for priests and nuns is not a defined doctrine of the church but a spiritual discipline that only over the course of centuries assumed the force of ecclesiastical law.

From Time Magazine Archive

Final decision rests with the Pope after the ecclesiastical law yers have completed their arguments for and against beatification.

From Time Magazine Archive

Besides exercising jurisdiction in his own franchise, the bishop sat with the ealdorman and sheriff in the local courts, declaring the ecclesiastical law and taking cognizance of the breach of it.

From The English Church in the Middle Ages by Hunt, William