Metropolitan’s Authority in the 1983 Code of Canon Law

Journal Title: Kościół i Prawo - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 2

Abstract

The 1983 Code of Canon Law provides that a church province comprises neighboring particular Churches. Church provinces are created to promote the common pastoral activities of neighboring dioceses and to foster the mutual relations of diocesan bishops. The authorities a Church province are: the metropolitan and the provincial synod which is composed of a conference of bishops and other representatives of particular Churches constituting the same province.

Authors and Affiliations

Joanna Przybysławska

Keywords

Related Articles

Structure and competences of the Governing Council in Personal Ordinariates for Anglicans entering into full communion with the Catholic Church

The article presents the norms regarding the composition, mandate and functioning of the Governing Council in Personal Ordinariates for Anglicans, established under the Apostolic Constitution of Benedict XVI Anglicanorum...

Sacraments of Holy Orders and Matrimony by the motu proprio Omnium in mentem written by Benedict XVI

This article presents a document issued in the form of the Apostolic Letter motu proprio by Pope Benedict XVI on October 26, 2009 and entitled Omnium in mentem. This document is vital to the canon law, because it is cha...

Ogólne zasady wymiaru kar kanonicznych

The fundamental mission of the Church, founded by Christ, is to bring people to salvation. The road to salvation, however, is based on the imitation of Christ and respecting the rights laid down by Him. Therefore, „The C...

Uważnienie w zawiązku według Kodeksu Prawa Kanonicznego z 1983 roku (kan. 1161-1165)

In the presented study, the author concentrated his attention on the functioning of the institution of a retroactive validation under the Code of 1983. From the conducted analyses it results that retroactive validation i...

Download PDF file
  • EP ID EP431661
  • DOI 10.18290/kip.2018.7.2-5
  • Views 74
  • Downloads 0

How To Cite

Joanna Przybysławska (2018). Metropolitan’s Authority in the 1983 Code of Canon Law. Kościół i Prawo, 7(2), 63-77. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-431661