At the heart of the Decretum project is the belief that people of faith can live their lives of faith fully all the while being deeply engaged citizens inhabiting the public square. A series of papers were presented at three symposia during fall 2018 and winter 2019, exploring the themes of human dignity and the relationship between religious law and civil law.
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Canon Law and its Intersection with Civil Law Throughout Canadian History
January 7, 2019
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The Role of Canon Law in the Catholic Tradition and the Question of Church and State
This paper answers questions such as "What is Canon Law?" and "What are its sources, uses, and its theological basis in the Roman Catholic Church?" Fr. Laschuk, the Judicial Vicar for the Archdiocese of Toronto, also explores Christian and canonical understandings of the proper relationship between church and state and between civil and canon law. This paper is the second in a series of three papers published by the Cardus Religious Freedom Institute on the intersection of civil and canon law.
January 14, 2019
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Opportunity and Temptation
A Reformed Christian Legal Perspective on Church Discipline in Canada
January 21, 2019
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