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Giovanni Paolo Lancelotti
Giovanni Paolo Lancelotti was an Italian canonist. Biography He was born in Perugia in 1522. He graduated as a doctor of law in 1546, and taught law shortly afterwards (1547 or 1548) in the university of his native town. Except for two short sojourns in Rome, he passed the remainder of his life in Perugia, in the study of law and belles-lettres. He died there on 23 September 1590. Works Lancelotti's major work was the , the text of which is reproduced in most editions of the "Corpus Juris Canonici". This broad survey of the fundamentals of Catholic canon law was modeled on the , a similar survey of Roman law commissioned by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian. While Pope Paul IV approved the undertaking, the final work did not receive an imprimatur from either Paul IV or his successor Pius IV. Lancelotti published the at Venice in 1563. The work is divided into four books, treating successively persons, things (especially marriage), judgments and crimes. This division was inspired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canonist
Canon law (from grc, κανών, , a 'straight measuring rod, ruler') is a set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical authority (church leadership) for the government of a Christian organization or church and its members. It is the internal ecclesiastical law, or operational policy, governing the Catholic Church (both the Latin Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches), the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches, and the individual national churches within the Anglican Communion. The way that such church law is legislated, interpreted and at times adjudicated varies widely among these four bodies of churches. In all three traditions, a canon was originally a rule adopted by a church council; these canons formed the foundation of canon law. Etymology Greek / grc, κανών, Arabic / , Hebrew / , 'straight'; a rule, code, standard, or measure; the root meaning in all these languages is 'reed'; see also the Romance-language ancestors of the English w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
