Canon law

Canon law is the body of laws 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 governing the Catholic Church (both Latin Church and Eastern Catholic Churches), the Eastern 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 three 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 kanon / Ancient Greek: κανών,Arabic Qanun / قانون, Hebrew kaneh / קנה, "straight"; a rule, code, standard, or measure; the root meaning in all these languages is "reed" (cf. the Romance-language ancestors of the English word "cane").

Canons of the Apostles

The Apostolic Canons or Ecclesiastical Canons of the Same Holy Apostles is a collection of ancient ecclesiastical decrees (eighty-five in the Eastern, fifty in the Western Church) concerning the government and discipline of the Early Christian Church, incorporated with the Apostolic Constitutions which are part of the Ante-Nicene Fathers In the fourth century the First Council of Nicaea (325) calls canons the disciplinary measures of the Church: the term canon, κανὠν, means in Greek, a rule. There is a very early distinction between the rules enacted by the Church and the legislative measures taken by the State called leges, Latin for laws.

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California can ban guns in parks and bars, but not hospitals, court says

The San Diego Union-Tribune 07 Sep 2024
The court’s findings applied only to laws in those two states ... That decision struck down a New York law that had strictly limited the carrying of guns outside homes ... The judges ruled that the states could ban guns in parks because for almost as long as parks have existed in this country, governments have enforced laws to prohibit firearms in them....
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Ninth Circuit Allows Hawaii, California Gun Bans at Parks, Bars

The Epoch Times 07 Sep 2024
In both states, the court partially reversed the lower court’s temporary block on enforcing new laws and will now allow bans on carrying ......
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MetroPark’s hearing doesn’t make any sense

The Vindicator 07 Sep 2024
This hearing was unusual in that it did not follow many of the procedures of a criminal or civil hearing, but MetroParks attorney Andrea Ziarko said Ohio law gives Judge Campbell “full discretion” to remove park board members....
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The 12 prettiest town and city parks in Maine

Bangor Daily News 07 Sep 2024
Here are 12 of the prettiest town and city parks in Maine ... Riverfront Park, Houlton ... The bridge is the centerpiece of Houlton’s Riverfront Park ... Across the street, the experience continues in Harbor Park, which was designed by the Olmsted Brothers — sons of the legendary Frederick Law Olmsted — to provide views of Camden’s iconic waterfront....
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Bridge demolition; RI primary battles; Paddington Bear artist: Top stories this week

The Providence Journal 07 Sep 2024
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Santa Cruz voters to decide fate of sugary beverage tax

Santa Cruz Sentinel 07 Sep 2024
“As Fred Keeley said, Santa Cruz is the tip of the spear and that is a very expensive and dangerous place to be to challenge state law, and money that will go to lawyers and litigation instead of firefighters and parks, we don’t think is money well spent.”....
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Keeping their child alive: As SC turns down family’s euthanasia plea, how the law has changed everyone’s life

Financial Express 07 Sep 2024
With the Supreme Court turning down the family\u2019s plea for passive euthanasia for Harish, Vidheesha Kuntamalla visits their home to find how the law around death has changed everyone\u2019s life It's a photograph taken in a park, \u201csomewhere in Chandigarh\u201d ... \u201cLook at him\u2026 This was when he was in college ... The photograph helps ... ....
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Roads to ruin: Why the park service closed a camping site at Lake Mead

Las Vegas Review-Journal 06 Sep 2024
The crowds meant that the area saw high crime rates, with law enforcement responding to more than 500 incidents between January 2022 and February of this year, according to the park’s website ... The roads themselves are damaging, but they also serve to spread the park’s ailments into previously inaccessible areas....
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Asheville Aston Park felony littering cases dismissed: Buncombe County DA

Citizen Times 06 Sep 2024
While the DA’s Office pledges to ensure that our parks remain open for the lawful use and enjoyment of all, we continue to prioritize the prosecution of violent crime to protect public safety and are now dismissing the remainder of the Aston Park cases in our discretion."....
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Polk commissioners will vote on increasing impact fees by more than state law typically allows

The Ledger 06 Sep 2024
The proposed impact fee increases are for parks and recreation, libraries, fire rescue, emergency medical services, law enforcement, correctional facilities and educational facilities. His compromise was to fund at 100% of the study's recommendation for three of the categories, but he said the increases for schools and parks were too high....
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Clean energy technology needs to be implemented as soon as possible

The Daily Jeff 06 Sep 2024
... very unhealthy 100 feet from property lines but require a ridiculous 1,100 feet for wind and solar● Repeal the law requiring the State to lease state properties (like Salt Fork State Park) for fracking● Minimize leaks of natural gas (methane, which is a flammable greenhouse gas)....
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Sebastian man, 80, charged with assault, battery on 65-plus person following parking fight

TCPalm 06 Sep 2024
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY - A Sebastian man faces assault charges after he was accused of running into a man with his mobility scooter and trying to shoot him during a fight over parking outside a home improvement store, according to law enforcement records ... Deputies were told by both men the situation began with an argument over vehicle parking....
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Montreal man given $664 fine for tying dog to parking meter while grabbing a croissant

CTV 06 Sep 2024
A Montreal man who tied his dog to a parking meter while he entered a bakery is now facing a hefty fine for breaking a law he had no idea existed ... ....
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