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Can Canon Law be Described as ‘Ministry’?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Helen Costigane SHCJ
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Abstract

When it is misapplied, canon law can cause great unjustified unhappiness, but this paper argues that the content is basically, the practice of which is an authentic form of the church's ministry that is necessary for the structure and life of the church.

Keywords

Canon lawMinistryCatholic Church
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Original Article
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New Blackfriars , Volume 100 , Issue 1086 , March 2019 , pp. 206 - 213
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Copyright © 2018 Provincial Council of the English Province of the Order of Preachers

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