2nd Edition, — Wilson & Lafleur, 2007. — 343 p.
A Handbook on Canon Law by Joseph T. M. De Agar is an extremely valuable introduction and accompaniment to the study of Latin/Roman Catholic Canon Law. The author possesses a remarkable ability to extract the essential meaning from the canons and to explain it in a language which is clear and engaging. This book is a very good resource for seminary and permanent deacon classes. This book is a new copy of the latest edition of the book. About the Joseph T. Martin De Agar is a Professor at the Faculty of Canon Law of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, where he teaches Comparative State Law in Ecclesiastical Matters. Msgr. Martin de Agar is also an ecclesiastical judge in the Appellate Court of the Vicariate of Rome. He holds a doctorate in Civil Law and another in Canon Law from the University of Navarra in Spain, where he began his teaching career in 1975. He is the author of several other books and many articles in law and canon law publications. From Rev. Warren A. Brown, “This book serves as an excellent companion to the study of the Code of Canon Law, for both the new and not-so-new canon law student. I recommend it highly to all students of canon law.”
Contents
Abbreviations
Foreword
General Basic Bibliography
Chapter I. Canon Law
The Meanings of Ius
Basis of the Right
Church and Law
Divine Law and Human Law
The History of Canon Law
A) The First Millennium
B) Classical Canon Law
C) The Modern Era
D) The Contemporary Period
The Second Vatican Council
The Code of Canon Law of 1983
The Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (CCEO)
Chapter II. The Sources of Canon Law
Norms and Juridical Acts
Canonical Norms
Law
A) Types of Law
Divine Law and Human Law
General and Particular Laws
Territorial Law and Personal Law
Invalidating and Incapacitating Laws (c. 10)
B) Promulgation
C) Retroactivity
Custom
Types of customs
Administrative Norms
A) General Executory Decrees (cc. 31-33)
B) Instructions (c. 34)
Statutes and Rules of Order
A) Statutes
B) Rules of Order
Singular Administrative Acts
A) Singular Decrees
B) Singular Precepts
C) Rescripts
Privilege
Dispensation
Judicial Acts
Private Juridical Acts (cc. 124-128)
Chapter III. Who Are Subjects in Canon Law?
The Physical Person (cc. 96-112)
The Juridical Person (cc. 113-123)
A) Corporations and Foundations (c. 115)
B) Public and Private Juridical Persons
Chapter IV. The Constitution of the Church
Constitutional Principles
A) The Principle of Equality
B) The Principle of Variety
C) The Institutional Principle
The Fundamental Rights and Duties of the Faithful
Power and Its Exercise in the Church
Canonical Regulation and the Power of Governance
A) Distinction of Functions
B) Ordinary Power (Proper or Vicariate) and Ordinaries
C) Delegated Power
D) Competence
E) External Forum and Internal Forum
F) The Habitual Faculties
G) Substitution ofJurisdiction
Chapter V. The People of God. Its Social Structure
The People of God
The Lay Faithful
Principal Obligations and Rights of the Laity
Personal Status of Sacred Ministers
A) The Formation of Clerics
B) Incardination of Clerics
C) Rights and Duties of Clerics
D) Loss ofthe Clerical State
Associations of the Faithful
A) Types of Associations
B) Public Associations
C) Private Associations of the Faithful
Chapter VI. The People of God. Its Hierarchical Structure (Government and Organization of the Church)
The Concepts of Ecclesiastical Organization
A) Ecclesiastical Office
B) The Conferral of the Office
The Universal and Particular Dimensions of the Church
The Supreme Power in the Church
A) The College of Bishops
The Ecumenical Council
B) The Roman Pontiff
Institutions for the Government of the Universal Church
The Particular Churches
A) The Diocese
B) Other Ecclesiastical Circumscriptions Similar to the Diocese
Government and Organization of the Diocese
A) The Diocesan Bishop (cc. 381-402)
B) Institutions and Offices for the Government of the Diocese
Coadjutor and Auxiliary Bishops
(cc.403-411)
The Diocesan Synod (cc. 460-468)
The Diocesan Curia (cc. 469-474)
The Diocesan Vicars (cc. 475-481)
The Finance Committee (cc. 492 and 493)
The Diocesan Financial Administrator (c. 494)
The Council of Priests (cc. 495-501)
The College of Consultors (c. 502)
The Chapter of Canons (cc. 503-510)
The Pastoral Council (cc. 511-514)
C) The Parish (cc. 515-552)
D) Vicars Forane (cc. 553-555)
E) Rectors of Churches (cc. 556-563)
F) Chaplains (cc. 564-572)
Organisms Above the Diocesan Level
A) The Ecclesiastical Province
B) The Ecclesiastical Region
C) Particular Councils
D) The Conferences of Bishops
Chapter VII. Consecrated Life
Institutes of Consecrated Life
A) Religious Institutes
The Religious
B) Secular Institutes
Societies of Apostolic Life (cc. 731-746)
Chapter VIII. The Means of Salvation.
The Word of God
The Teaching Function
A) The Ecclesiastical Magisterium
of the Church
Obligations Concerning
Catholic Doctrine
B) Ecumenism
C) The Ministry of the Divine Word
Preaching (cc. 762-772)
Catechesis
Missions
D) Catholic Education
The Teaching of the Catholic Religion
Catholic Schools
Catholic Universities and Other Institutes of Higher Learning
Ecclesiastical Universities and Faculties
E) Means of Communication and Books
Chapter IX. The Means of Salvation. Divine Worship
The Sanctifying Office in the Church
The Sacraments
A) Baptism
B) Confirmation
C) The Holy Eucharist
The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
Eucharistic Communion
Conservation and Veneration of the Most Holy Eucharist
Offerings for the Celebration of the Mass (cc. 945-958)
D) The Sacrament of Penance
Collective Absolution Ecc. 961-963)
Indulgences (cc. 992-997)
E) The Anointing ofthe Sick
F) The Sacrament of Orders
Marriage
A) General Concepts
B) Matrimonial Consent
Incapacity
Ignorance
Error of Law
Error of Fact
Deceit (c. 1098)
Simulation (c. 1101)
Condilions (c. 1102)
Violence and Fear
C) Impediments
The Impediments in Particular
D) The Form of Marriage
E) Effects of Marriage
F) Dissolution of the Marriage Bond
Dispensation of Non-Consummated Marriage (c. 1142)
Dissolution in Favor of the Faith (cc.1143-1150)
G) Separation of the Spouses
H) Convalidation of the Marriage
Simple Convalidation (cc. 1156-1160)
Retroactive Validation (Radical Sanation, cc. 1161-1165)
I) Pastoral Care and Preparation for Marriage (cc. 1063-1072)
Other Acts of Divine Worship
A) Sacramentals (cc. 1166-1172)
B) The Liturgy of the Hours (cc. 1173-1175)
C) Church Funerals (cc. 1176-1185)
D) Veneration of the Saints, of Sacred Images and of Relics (c. 1186-1190)
E) Vows and Oaths (cc. 1191-1204)
Sacred Places and Times
A) Sacred Places
Various Sacred Places
B) Sacred Times
Chapter X. The Temporal Goods of the Church.
Patrimonial Canon Law
Goods
The Acquisition of Goods
Administration of Ecclesiastical Goods
Alienation of Ecclesiastical Goods
Pious Dispositions and Pious Foundations
Chapter XI. Penal Canon Law
Offences
The Offender
Ecclesiastical Penalties
A) Censures
B) Expiatory Penalties
C) Penal Remedies and Penances
The Application of Penalties
Cessation of Penalties
Specific Offences
Chapter XII. Procedural Law
Judicial Organization
The Process
A) The Parties
B) The Competence of the Tribunal
The Carrying Out of the Process
A) The Introductory Stage (cc. 1501-1525)
B) The Evidentiary or Probatory Stage: Proofs (cc. 1526-1586)
C) The Publication of the Acts, the Conclusion of the Case, and the Pleadings (cc.1598-1606)
D) The Judicial Decision (cc. 1607-1618)
Challenging the Judgment
A) Appeal (cc. 1628-1640)
Adjudged Matter (res iudicata)
B) Complaint of Nullity (cc. 1619-1627)
C) Total Reinstatement (restitutio in integrum) (cc. 1645-1648)
The Execution of the Judgment (cc. 1650-1655)
The Oral Contentious Process
Special Processes
Penal Processes (cc. 1717-1731)
Administrative Justice (cc. 1732-1739)
A) The Administrative Recourse
B) Contentious Administrative Recourse
Chapter XIII. Relations Between the Church and the Political Community
Christian Dualism
Historical Interpretations of Dualism
The Second Vatican Council
Religious Liberty
Various Aspects of the Mission of the Church with Regard to the World
Index of Particular Canons
Subject Index