Sentence examples for ecclesiastical legislation from inspiring English sources
False Decretals, a 9th-century collection of ecclesiastical legislation containing some forged documents.
The Collectio tripartita ("Tripartite Collection"), from the end of the 6th century and composed of the entire Justinian ecclesiastical legislation, was the most widely distributed.
After the promulgation of the first code, a great mass of ecclesiastical legislation, published periodically in the Acta Apostolicae Sedis ("Acts of the Apostolic See"), began to accumulate, and the need for revision became clear.
Corpus Juris Canonici, English Corpus of Canon Law, set of six compilations of law in the Roman Catholic Church that provided the chief source of ecclesiastical legislation from the Middle Ages until it was superseded in 1917 by the Codex Juris Canonici (Code of Canon Law).
Justinian's innovations may have been inspired by the established use of monasteries as penitential space for failing clerics in ecclesiastical legislation.
He also was the one bishop that published ecclesiastical legislation during Edward the Confessor's reign, attempting to discipline and reform the clergy.
The cooperation of ecclesiastical discipline and state legislation found its characteristic expression in the United States in the Prohibition amendment to the Constitution.
It acquired significant powers over particular issues, including consent for taxation, but it also had a strong influence over justice, foreign policy, war, and other legislation, whether political, ecclesiastical, social or economic.
Nonetheless, Henry was prepared to take action to improve the existing procedures, intervening in cases which he felt had been mishandled, and creating legislation to improve both ecclesiastical and civil court processes.
The legislation will now move to the ecclesiastical committee of parliament where it will be considered.
His most important piece of legislation, the Siccardi laws of 1851, abolished ecclesiastical courts and immunities.
