Comments on: Ladislas Orsy’s new book, Receiving the Council: Theological and Canonical Insights and Debates http://www.praytellblog.com/index.php/2010/02/09/ladislas-orsys-new-book-receiving-the-council-theological-and-canonical-insights-and-debates/ Worship, Wit & Wisdom Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:31:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Fagerberg http://www.praytellblog.com/index.php/2010/02/09/ladislas-orsys-new-book-receiving-the-council-theological-and-canonical-insights-and-debates/comment-page-1/#comment-1434 David Fagerberg Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:12:18 +0000 http://www.praytellblog.com/?p=818#comment-1434 My first experience of canon law was in the month before I was received into the Catholic Church: I read the 1985 commentary on the code of canon law from cover to cover to make sure there was not something I couldn't live with. Once a canon lawyer said to me that canon law is like the skeleton of the body. He meant it gives the mystical body of Christ structure and shape, I suppose. But it made me think that if this was true, then breaking canon law is less like breaking a civil law and going to pay a fine in court. It's more like breaking a bone: you can't move as well. My first experience of canon law was in the month before I was received into the Catholic Church: I read the 1985 commentary on the code of canon law from cover to cover to make sure there was not something I couldn’t live with.
Once a canon lawyer said to me that canon law is like the skeleton of the body. He meant it gives the mystical body of Christ structure and shape, I suppose. But it made me think that if this was true, then breaking canon law is less like breaking a civil law and going to pay a fine in court. It’s more like breaking a bone: you can’t move as well.

]]> By: Paul F Ford http://www.praytellblog.com/index.php/2010/02/09/ladislas-orsys-new-book-receiving-the-council-theological-and-canonical-insights-and-debates/comment-page-1/#comment-1299 Paul F Ford Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:18:58 +0000 http://www.praytellblog.com/?p=818#comment-1299 <blockquote> . . . the best definition of canon law . . . : “A system of structures and norms to secure freedom for the people so that they can receive, without impediment, the gifts of the Spirit” </blockquote> Yes, indeed.

. . . the best definition of canon law . . . : “A system of structures and norms to secure freedom for the people so that they can receive, without impediment, the gifts of the Spirit”

Yes, indeed.

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