That Which Is Just in the Church: An Introduction to Canon Law: Volume 1

by Carlos José Errázuriz, Michael Joseph Mazza (Translator)

Overview

Consonant with its commitment to publish seminal works in the field of canon law, St. Augustine's Press is pleased to make available the first volume in a series that will undoubtedly endure as a masterpiece of scholarship. Carlos José Errázuriz, Professor of Canon Law at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Rome) has provided a comprehensive and insightful treatment of rights, justice, and law in the Catholic Church, beginning with the most basic questions regarding the essence of these realities. His responses exhibit the perspective of that which is just in the Church, which consists of ecclesial juridical goods: the Word of God, the sacraments, the freedom of the children of God, and sacred potestas. This work vindicates the institution of law, but also addresses the "spontaneity" of just freedom proper to what has been instituted by Christ.
 
Errázuriz presents more than the current Code of Canon Law. He instills a realistic perspective of right and law in the Church, and in so doing fills a massive gap in English scholarship. No introduction to canon law available in English rivals Errázuriz's description of justice in the Church and its relationship with communion and sacramentality.
 
Volume I is comprised of the first three chapters of the original, Corso fondamentale sul diritto nella Chiesa (in two volumes, Giuffrè: Milan, 2009 and 2017): "Rights, Justice and Law in the Church," "Canon Law in History," and "The Configuration of Rights and Law in the Church."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781587318955
Publisher:	St. Augustine's Press
Publication date:	11/17/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	185
File size:	554 KB

About the Author

Carlos José Errázuriz is Ordinary Professor of Canon Law at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Rome). He is a priest of the Prelature of Opus Dei and holds doctorates in both canon law and civil jurisprudence (University of Navarra, both). Former dean of the faculty, he specializes in the philosophy of law and fundamental theory of canon law and is a consultant with various entities of the Roman Curia (Vatican City). His earlier work, Justice in the Church: A Fundamental Theory of Canon Law, is considered a staple in both study and practice of ecclesiastical law.

Table of Contents

Contents 1. The existence of an authentic law in the Church of Christ 2. The concepts of right and law in general 3. Ecclesial right as that which is just in the Church 1. The special relevance of the historical dimension in the canonical area 2. The setting of the study of the history of canon law 1. Rights and law at the origins of the Church 2. Canon Law in the first millennium 3. Classical and postclassical canon law (1140–1563) 4. From the Council of Trent to the promulgation of the first Code of Canon Law (1563–1917) 5. From the Code of Canon Law of 1917 To the Present 1. Foreword 2. The configuration of divine law from the perspective of that which is intrinsically just in the Church 3. The configuration of human law from the perspective of that which is just as established by human persons