An ordinance or ecclesiastical ordinance is a type of law, legal instrument, or by-law in the canon law of the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, and in Calvinism.
Anglican Communion[edit]
In the Anglican Communion, particularly the American Episcopal Church, ecclesiastical ordinances are the bylaws of a Christian religious organization, especially that of a diocese or province of a church.[citation needed]
Catholic Church[edit]
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In the canon law of the Catholic Church, ecclesiastical ordinances are particular laws, issued in order to fulfil universal law on a local or regional level.[1][2]
Calvinism[edit]
Ecclesiastical Ordinances is the title of the foundation rules, or constitution, of the Reformed Church in Geneva, written by John Calvin in 1541.[3][4][5] They were revised in 1561.[6]
See also[edit]
- Anglicanism
- Calvinism
- Catholic Church
- Church Order (Lutheran)
- Ecclesiastical court
- Ordinance (Christianity)
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- Ordinances of the Roman Catholic province of Canada
- Ordinances of Province VII of the Episcopal Church