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Canon law of the Eastern Orthodox Church

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1962: 50: 4562: 4234: 1744:, which mainly deal with the organization, the relationships and customs of the local churches." Those autocephalous Churches also issued decrees on the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church, as well as on those autocephalous churches' particular aspects of their order and discipline. Those legislations also part of Eastern Orthodox canon law. 2318:
The nature of E.O. canon law is corrective, not prescriptive; this means E.O. canon law "responds to situations once they have occurred and have affected the value of the Church, rather than anticipating situations before they arrive." Eastern Orthodox canon law is reactive, not proactive. This means
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The presence of a canon in an Eastern Orthodox canon collection does not mean that said canon was in force at the time it was put in the collection. This is because some canonical collections are made to record institutions and practice which had ceased to exist a long time ago. "For example, certain
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The Bible contains no "detailed system of Church organization"; the role of the Bible in Eastern Orthodox canon law is that it "embodies principles of Christian doctrine from which rules may be extrapolated for solving disciplinary problems within the Church–but only the Church itself may do that."
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of and sins, while civil law's matter is the breaking of the law. Another difference is that contrarily to secular law, the principle of E. O. canon law is "voluntary obedience and not forced constraints"; the punishments for violating E. O. canon law "are to be voluntarily accepted and followed:
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of 691 ("For our God-bearing fathers also declared that the customs of each church should be preserved") has recognised the right of each local Church to have its own special laws or regulations. However, those laws or regulations must always reflect the spirit of the Eastern Orthodox Church's
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between Eastern Orthodox canon law and civil law are different; the source for civil law is the secular powers (the ruler, the parliament, or the elected legislative body), while Eastern Orthodox canon law is made by the E. O. Church and the source for E. O. canon law is the
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is that the Eastern Orthodox tradition is corrective rather than prescriptive; rather than anticipate a particular situation or hypothetical issue, the canon law of Eastern Orthodoxy is developed in response to events, questions, or circumstances as they arise.
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Canons are considered as the "ecclesiastical enactment of the highest authorities in the Church" as well as "revealed truth of Christ and Scriptures, sometimes mediated by spiritual fathers' experience"; there is a hierarchy among them. Canons issued by
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that canons were issued in response to "situations and behaviors that deviated from the norms, not for future or potential situations." Through the passage of time, some new sins have come to exist for which there is no canon. It is possible a
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of its members, and to prevent factionalism within the Eastern Orthodox Church. In brief, Eastern Orthodox Christians believe Jesus Christ obliged the Eastern Orthodox Church to give itself a set of rules in order for it to survive.
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Since there is no universal codification of Eastern Orthodox canon law, a great importance is given to the local legislation of each Eastern Orthodox Church. Eastern Orthodox Christians consider the canon 39 of the
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The success of the application of Eastern Orthodox canon law depends on how much the sinner accepts the canon law's corrective measures; the more the sinner accepts, the more successful the application is.
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Canons which concern administrative or disciplinary matters – which are most canons – are not considered to be infallible, and can therefore be changed or reinterpreted by an ecumenical council.
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of the Eastern Orthodox Church also contributed to the corpus of ecclesiastical norms of Eastern Orthodox canon law, by providing truths of faith that eventually became universally accepted.
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As for the rules and decrees issued by individual Eastern Orthodox churches, they have a local, not universal application; therefore, they are considered as "advisory rules." The 85
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in the past, but their will "did not go beyond the level of desire". Some canons of the Eastern Orthodox canon law contradict each others, such as those related to the reception of
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Eastern Orthodox canons are accepted within the church as not being self-explanatory; the canons cannot be interpreted without taking into account their doctrinal context and
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Approved by canon 2 of the Nicea II council ("c. 2 VII"), according to Mihai p. 36; very likely a typographical error for canon 2 of the Quinisext council ("c. 2 VI").
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sense. The canons in use in the Eastern Orthodox Church are not exhaustive, as they do not cover every possible aspect of the faith and life of the Church.
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Legislations taken from patristic writings were first introduced into the legislation of the Eastern Orthodox Church through the work of the 6th-century
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issued canons or wrote letters that eventually came to be considered entirely or partially canonical. A special place in Canon Law is given to the
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writings. However, along with those, at various points in time the Eastern Orthodox Church has given canonical authority to numerous other sources: "
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of Eastern Orthodox canon law "was never streamlined or organized into a formal code of ecclesiastical law (as in the Roman Catholic Church)." Some
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Mihai claims the canons and rules which compose Eastern Orthodox canon law were passed on and preserved without being changed through generations.
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in Eastern Orthodox canon law. Moreover, each decision in Eastern Orthodox canon law is unique and often private, because of the application of
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regulations, reception of converts from other confessions, the church’s relations with civil authorities, the correlation of church law with
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In Eastern Orthodox canon law, a canonical epistle is a commentary from a bishop on some issue which was given the status of canon law.
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Some canons are considered as infallible and therefore unchangeable: those are "council definitions which speak about an article of the
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The visible religion: the Russian Orthodox Church and her relations with state and society in post-Soviet Canon law (1992-2015)
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Most Eastern Orthodox canons are the disciplinary, or penitential, canons; those canons primarily concern wrongdoings and
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Church legislations are composed of the local councils and the Ecumenical councils. Ecclesiastical customs are not the
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In Eastern Orthodox canon law, the canons are considered as "of the Church", therefore they cannot be considered as "
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Approved by canon 2 of the Quinisext council and the canon 1 of the Nicea II council, according to Mihai p. 36-7.
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to practical situation in the daily life of each Christian". Eastern Orthodox canon law "the formalized part of
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to practical situations in the daily life of Eastern Orthodox Christians. According to Mihai Vasile, unlike the
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The general consensus accepts that the core corpus of Eastern Orthodox canon law is a corpus formed in 883: a
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states it is imperative for the whole Eastern Orthodox Church to obey all previously formulated canons.
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as an official canon law collection. It is currently the most widely used canon law collection in the
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and collected in different works." All Eastern Orthodox Christians must mandatorily obey the canons.
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Troianos, Spyros (2012). "Canon law to 1100". In Hartmann, Wilfried; Pennington, Kenneth (eds.).
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Eastern Orthodox Churches, "as well as other branches of the Church, issued their own canonical
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According to Mihai Vasile, interpretation of Eastern Orthodox canon law "is based neither on
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Autocephaly and canonicity recognized by Constantinople and 3 other autocephalous Churches:
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of the Church of Greece, the Patriarchate of Alexandria, and the Church of Cyprus in 2020.
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Some Eastern Orthodox theologians refer to the Eastern Orthodox canons as "holy canons".
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assigned the Eastern Orthodox Church—a society of mortal humans—with the task of saving
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of Eastern Orthodoxy contradict each other, such as those related to the reception of
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with the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 2018, and later severed full communion with the
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norms issued by the Church through the collective voice of the bishops gathered in
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The Rudder of the Church : A Study of the Theory of Canon Law in the Pedalion
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Sources for the canons of the Eastern Orthodox canon law are, according to Mihai:
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Eastern Orthodox canon law is "a standard for behavior" and "the attempt to apply
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The challenge of our past : studies in Orthodox Canon law and Church history
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are the most important ones; they are followed in importance by those issued by
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approaches to God." According to Lewis J. Patsavos, another distinction from
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of the Eastern Orthodox canon law were issued as a response to some specific
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Viscuso writes that the Eastern Orthodox canon law expresses two realities.
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and St. Agepius, and was first published in 1800. It was later adopted by
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Approved by canon 2 of the Quinisext council, according to Mihai p. 37.
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There is a hierarchy among the sources of Eastern Orthodox canon law.
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Psarev, Andrei (2011). "Canon Law". In John Anthony McGuckin (ed.).
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Disciplinary canons are subject to interpretation and to the use of
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the Eastern Orthodox Church "has no appropriated its receive formal
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The canon law of the Eastern Orthodox Church is not codified; the
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The canons of the Eastern Orthodox canon law "were issued by the
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Vasile, Mihai (2017). "Abbreviations and Canonical Sources".
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also differs: the Eastern Orthodox canon law's matter is the
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has never been organised or harmonised into a formal code of
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to suit both the gravity of the sin and the attitude of the
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or moral question, or to deviation, which happened in the
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In Eastern Orthodox canon law, there exists two notions:
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establishes that the official canonical sources are: the
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Synagoge of Ecclesiastical Canons Divided into 50 Titles
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which were derived from his second and third canonical
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Autocephaly or autonomy is not universally recognized.
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The history of Byzantine and Eastern canon law to 1500
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hold a "special place" in Eastern Orthodox canon law.
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Scarecrow Press. pp. 73–4. 2194:Athanasius the Great of Alexandria 25: 4261:Estonia (Ecumenical Patriarchate) 4256:Finland (Ecumenical Patriarchate) 3772:An Overview of Orthodox Canon Law 3680:Orthodox canon law reference book 3647:Orthodox canon law reference book 3611:Orthodox canon law reference book 3578:Orthodox canon law reference book 3538:Orthodox canon law reference book 3453:Orthodox canon law reference book 3420:Orthodox canon law reference book 3370:Orthodox canon law reference book 3301:Orthodox canon law reference book 3265:Orthodox canon law reference book 3200:Orthodox canon law reference book 3087:Orthodox canon law reference book 3020:Orthodox canon law reference book 2923:Orthodox canon law reference book 2847:Orthodox canon law reference book 2055:Canons of the ecumenical councils 1567:Eastern Orthodox Church's history 605:American Orthodox Catholic Church 4560: 4501:Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom 4431:State church of the Roman Empire 4343:Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg 4281:Americas (Romanian Patriarchate) 4232: 3770:Rodopoulos, Panteleimon (2010). 3168:from the original on 29 May 2016 2899:from the original on 24 May 2017 2463:disciplines: critical analysis ( 2011:Greek-speaking Orthodox Churches 1965:Title page of a 1886 edition of 1915:continued to exist later in the 1650:of the Church. In addition, the 1622:In the Eastern Orthodox Church, 1498:canon law of the Catholic Church 1488:In the Eastern Orthodox Church, 508:Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg 48: 4416:First seven ecumenical councils 4303:Crete (Ecumenical Patriarchate) 3512:Churches Of Eastern Christendom 2986:. Scarecrow Press. p. 74. 2530:In contrast to what happens in 2471:), canons of the holy fathers ( 2157:Council of Constantinople (861) 828:Christianization of Kievan Rus' 689:First Seven Ecumenical Councils 4462:Moscow–Constantinople schisms 3887:(in Russian). Христиан. жизнь. 3842:Ponomariov, Alexander (2017). 2492:, as well as the tradition of 1: 4411:Apostles in the New Testament 4388:Switzerland and Liechtenstein 4308:Estonia (Moscow Patriarchate) 4291:Moldova (Moscow Patriarchate) 4276:Ukraine (Moscow Patriarchate) 2759:, according to Mihai p. 37-8. 2619:Collections of ancient canons 1911:as if these realities of the 1258:Intercession of the Theotokos 1033:Opposition to papal supremacy 852:Moscow–Constantinople schism 553:Switzerland and Liechtenstein 4631:Semi-autonomous part of the 4544:Eastern Orthodoxy by country 2266:Nicephorus of Constantinople 2171:Canons of the Church Fathers 823:Christianization of Bulgaria 4271:China (Moscow Patriarchate) 4266:Japan (Moscow Patriarchate) 3401:Heith-Stade, David (2014). 2887:Patsavos, Lewis J. (1985). 2435:the sources of canon law, 2288:Canons of the Holy Apostles 2242:Gennadius of Constantinople 1783:Canons of the Holy Apostles 1656:Canons of the Holy Apostles 1378:Photios I of Constantinople 895:20th century (Neo-Palamism) 818:Christianization of Georgia 4674: 3980:Four ancient patriarchates 3892:Erickson, John H. (1991). 3515:. Routledge. p. 194. 3238:Viscuso, Patrick (2007) . 3161:Orthodox Church in America 2954:Viscuso, Patrick (2007) . 2817:Viscuso, Patrick (2007) . 2583:Other Christian canon laws 2300: 2254:Tarasius of Constantinople 1028:Opposition to the Filioque 571:Noncanonical jurisdictions 18:Eastern Orthodox canon law 4557: 4363:Great Britain and Ireland 4230: 3956: 3881:Цыпин, Владислав (2004). 3808:Православная энциклопедия 3796:Επιτομή Κανονικού Δικαίου 2646:(Eastern Orthodox Church) 2280:Canons attributed to the 2046:List of sources of canons 1957:Compilations, core corpus 1876:, and the 68 canons from 1265:The four fasting periods: 1146:Eastern Orthodox marriage 754:Other important councils: 610:American World Patriarchs 528:Great Britain and Ireland 4393:United States of America 4298:Semi-autonomous churches 4177:Czech Lands and Slovakia 2230:Theophilus of Alexandria 2098:Canons of local councils 2023:Nomocanon in 14 articles 1713:and local councils, and 1308:Athanasius of Alexandria 558:United States of America 350:Czech Lands and Slovakia 172:Four Marks of the Church 4633:Russian Orthodox Church 4567:Christianity portal 3950:Eastern Orthodox Church 2467:), doctrinal teaching ( 2445:ecclesiastical calendar 2297:Juridical specificities 2224:Amphilochius of Iconium 2176:Dionysius of Alexandria 1946:, and those drawn from 1853:The first canon of the 1736:Along with the canons, 1479:Eastern Orthodox Church 1141:Eastern Orthodox bowing 42:Eastern Orthodox Church 4580:severed full communion 4511:Liturgy of Saint James 4506:Liturgy of Saint Basil 3971:Autocephalous churches 2579:they are not forced." 2481: 2248:John of Constantinople 2212:Gregory the Theologian 2182:Gregory of Neocaesarea 1970: 1642:and in agreement with 1418:Eastern Orthodox cross 583:Spiritual Christianity 4516:Liturgy of Saint Mark 3509:Kidd, B. J. (2010) . 2614:Ancient church orders 2206:Timothy of Alexandria 1983:Fathers of the Church 1964: 1652:Fathers of the Church 1522:. Consequently, some 1428:Statistics by country 1353:Maximus the Confessor 781:Constantinople (1872) 2449:ecclesiastical court 2262:(759-827): 17 canons 2202:(330-379): 92 canons 2184:(213-270): 11 canons 2145:Constantinople (394) 2018:nomocanon by Photios 1872:, the canons of the 1855:Council of Chalcedon 1658:, attributed to the 1646:'s teaching and the 1363:Theodore the Studite 1328:Gregory of Nazianzus 1186:Russian bell ringing 1111:Liturgical entrances 921:Essence vs. Energies 916:Contemplative prayer 669:Evangelical Orthodox 491:Episcopal assemblies 214:Ecumenical Patriarch 167:Apostolic succession 4243:Autonomous churches 2656:Canonical territory 2260:Theodore of Studium 2236:Cyril of Alexandria 2196:(295-373): 3 canons 2188:Peter of Alexandria 2178:(195-265): 4 canons 2030:council and of the 1975:Ecumenical Councils 1768:ecumenical councils 1373:Cyril and Methodius 1343:Cyril of Alexandria 1230:Liturgical calendar 1046:Liturgy and worship 682:Ecumenical councils 85:History of theology 4383:Spain and Portugal 3803:Каноническое право 2757:Patriarchal synods 2601:Catholic canon law 2274:(-1111): 11 canons 1971: 1940:ecumenical concils 1905:order of penitents 1809:have encouraged a 1719:civil legislations 1690:Other legislations 1520:ecclesiastical law 1323:Cyril of Jerusalem 1253:Feast of Orthodoxy 548:Spain and Portugal 56:Christ Pantocrator 4645: 4644: 4228: 4227: 3963:Eastern Orthodoxy 3865:978-3-631-73513-8 3826:978-0-8132-1947-9 3781:978-1-933275-15-4 3762:978-1-4051-8539-4 3689:978-1-935317-45-6 3656:978-1-935317-45-6 3620:978-1-935317-45-6 3587:978-1-935317-45-6 3547:978-1-935317-45-6 3522:978-1-136-21278-9 3495:978-1-4051-8539-4 3462:978-1-935317-45-6 3429:978-1-935317-45-6 3379:978-1-935317-45-6 3346:978-0-8132-1947-9 3310:978-1-935317-45-6 3274:978-1-935317-45-6 3249:978-1-935317-16-6 3209:978-1-935317-45-6 3096:978-1-935317-45-6 3071:978-1-4051-8539-4 3029:978-1-935317-45-6 2965:978-1-935317-16-6 2932:978-1-935317-45-6 2856:978-1-935317-45-6 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Index

Eastern Orthodox canon law
a series
Eastern Orthodox Church
Christ Pantocrator (Deesis mosaic detail)
Christ Pantocrator
Hagia Sophia
Structure
Theology
History of theology
Liturgy
Church history
Holy Mysteries
View of salvation
View of Mary
View of icons
Crucifixion
Resurrection
Ascension
of Jesus

Christianity
Christian Church
Apostolic succession
Four Marks of the Church
Orthodoxy
Organization
Autonomy
Autocephaly
Patriarchate
Ecumenical Patriarch
Episcopal polity
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