Canon, Canon Law

The Pope in Council, Illustration to the "Decretum" of Gratian of Chiusi a Treatise on Canon Law


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The Canon

Canon law. Also, the body of the books in the Bible which are accepted by the Christian Church generally as genuine and inspired; the whole Bible from Genesis to Revelation, excluding the Apocrypha. Called also the sacred canon and the canonical books.

Canon Law

A collection of ecclesiastical laws which serve as the rule of church government. The professors or students of canon law are known as canonists.

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