Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Saints Cyril and Methodius · Courses
CL
4 courses with the subject CL, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
CL 100INTRODUCTION TO CANON LAW
This course is designed to familiarize students with the law of the Byzantine Church. Students will learn principles of interpretation and the canonical implications of membership in the Church, the notion of governance, the teaching office, the administration of temporal goods, as well as sanctions and penalties. The students will learn the following: • The history of canon law in the Christian East from the New Testament and Roman law to the provisions of Pius XII and the modern code. • Preliminary canons and canons concerning sui juris churches. • Canons on the supreme authority of the Church and on the patriarchal churches. • Canons on major archbishops, metropolitans, eparchies. • Canons on clerics, lay persons, monks, and religious. • Canons on the Magisterium. • Canons on the temporal goods of the Church. • Canons on the penal sanctions in the Church. 2 hours; 1 semester
The canons governing the celebration of the sacraments of the Byzantine Church will be studied in detail and students will learn their relevance to pastoral ministry in a multicultural and inter-ritual Church. Also the canons on sacramentals, sacred times and places, and funerals will be examined. The students will learn the following: • The history of sacrament in canon law in the Christian East. • The canons on the seven sacraments. • The canons on the calculation of time. • The canons on sacred places. • The canons on the sacramental. 2 hours; 1 semester
Studies of particular themes, periods, or texts in Canon Law may be offered as an elective of 1-3 credits depending on enrollment, students’ needs and interests, faculty availability, and approval of the Dean.
