Ordinance (canon law)
This article is about ordinances in canon law. For the term in Protestant religious ritual, see Ordinance (Christianity).
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Anglican Communion
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In the Anglican Communion, particularly the American Episcopal Church, Ecclesiastical ordinances are the bylaws of a Christian religious organization, especially that of a diocese or province of a church.
Catholic Church
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In the canon law of the Catholic Church, ecclesiastical ordinances are particular laws, issued in order to fulfil universal law on a local or regional level.[1][2]
Calvinism
Ecclesiastical Ordinances is the title of the foundation rules, or constitution, of the Reformed Church in Geneva, written by John Calvin in 1541.[3][4][5] They were revised in 1561.[6]
See also
- Ordinance (Christianity)
- Calvinist
- Canon law (Catholic Church)
- Church Order (Lutheran)
- Ecclesiastical court
- Ecclesiastical crime
- Ecclesiastical prison
- Anglicanism
- Lutheran
- Sacrament
References
External links
- Ordinances of the Roman Catholic province of Canada
- Ordinances of Province VII of the Episcopal Church
- Episcopal Church, USA official web site
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