Eastern Catholic Church Law : According to the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches / Victor J Pospishil.

includes index and biblioraphy

PURPOSE AND USE OF THIS BOOK .................................. 17 Delimitation of This Book ............................................ 1 Terminology ...................................................... 2 Study Resources ................................................... 3 Text of CCEO ..................................................... 4 Commentaries ..................................................... 4 General Resources ................................................. 5 Detailed Studies ................................................... 6 Abbreviations ..................................................... 6 Bibliography ...................................................... 7 EASTERN CATHOLIC CHRISTIANITY ................................ 8 24 Source Books ..................................................... 8 Multiple Nature of Christian Ecclesiality ................................ 9 Multiplicity of Churches in Catholic Context ............................ 10 The Eastern Catholic Churches ...................................... 11 Rite of Alexandria ................................................ 11 The Antiochene or West Syrian Rite .................................. 12 Byzantine Rite of Constantinople ..................................... 15 Chaldean or East Syrian Rite ........................................ 22 Armenian Rite ................................................... 23 THE EASTERN NON-CATHOLIC CHURCHES .......................... 25 35 Changed Attitude ................................................. 25 The East Syrian Churches ........................................... 26 The Christians of St. Thomas ........................................ 26 The Armenian Church ............................................. 27 The West Syrian Churches .......................................... 28 The Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate ..................................... 28 The Coptic Church ................................................ 28 The Ethiopian Church ............................................. 28 The Byzantine Churches ............................................ 29 The Rise of Constantinople ......................................... 29 The Structure of the Byzantine Church ................................ 29 Autonomous vs. Autocephalous Churches .............................. 29 Jurisdiction in the Diaspora ......................................... 30 Rank of Churches ................................................. 31 Eastern Orthodox (Byzantine) Churches ............................... 32 EASTERN CHRISTIANITY AND CANON LAW ......................... 36-43 Apostolic Basis of Church Law ....................................... 36 The First Sources of Church Law ..................................... 37 Holy Scripture .................................................... 37 Early Tradition ................................................... 37 Pseudoapostolic Collections ......................................... 37 The Church of the Christian Roman Empire ............................ 39 Symbiosis of Church and State ....................................... 39 Canonical Collections .............................................. 40 After the Destruction of the Eastern Roman Empire ...................... 42 CANON LAW - A SACRED DISCIPLINE .............................. 44-48 Eastern Catholic and Latin Canon Law ................................ 44 Identity of Eastern and Western Canon Law ............................ 44 Correspondence of Canons of the Two Codes ........................... 45 Associations Promoting the study of Canon Law ......................... 46 Schools of Canon Law and Eastern Canon Law .......................... 46 Periodicals Related to Eastern Canon Law .............................. 48