The
purpose of this course is to introduce students
to ecclesiastical law through a systematic
presentation and study of the code of Canon
Law on the purpose, nature, content, history,
and consequences of what ecclesiastical law
achieves in the life of the Church. The course
surveys the norms of the Code of Canon Law
in the areas of general norms, the rights of
obligations of the Christian faithful, Church
structures, and the teaching and sanctifying
offices of the Church, temporal goods,
sanctions, and procedural law. This course
is focused on the nexus between law and
ministry, the relationship between theologies
of the Church, and the expression of these
theologies within the law itself.
Language of Instruction: English (legal terms,
however, are also given in Arabic and French).