Rightful Autonomy of Religious Institutes : A Comparataive Study Based on the Code of Canons of the Oriental Churches and the Code of Canon Law / Varghese Koluthara.

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HISTORICAL ANTECEDENTS CONCERNING THE RIGHTFUL AUTONOMY OF DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS INSTITUTES Monasticism in the East................................................... 6 Preliminary Notions...................................................... 15 The Concept of Autonomy in Philosophico-theological Spheres......................................................... 17 Charism and the Rightful Autonomy of Religious Institutes ........ 21 The First Vatican Council and the Post-Conciliar Documents....... 25 The II Vatican Council Documents and Post-Conciliar Documents ...................................................... 29 The Codex luris Canonici (1983)................................... 34 The Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientaliwn (1990)............... 37 The Work of the Study Group of PCCICOR on Monks and Other Religious.............................................39 RIGHTFUL AUTONOMY AND DEPENDENCE OF RELIGIOUS INSTITUTES IN THE CODE OF CANON LAW (CIC 1983) Genesis and the Evolution of Canon 586..............................44 References to Rightful Autonomy in Other Canons .................. 61 Dependence on the Ecclesiastical Authority............................ 70 Dependence of the Institutes of Pontifical Rights..................... 80 Dependence of the Diocesan Institutes on the Diocesan Bishop..... 82 Pastoral Works of Religious............................................. 91 Involvement of the Bishop with respect to Religious................. 93