Decretum Project

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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Synagogue and State

The Evolution of the Relationship Between the Jewish People, Halacha, and the State

February 11, 2019

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Judaism and the Social Order

Two Models for Accommodation

March 26, 2019

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Halacha and Civil Society

An Anecdotal Overview

April 30, 2019

Decretum Symposium III – Human Dignity: Secular and Religious Perspectives

In our third and final symposium, we explored the concept of human dignity, with a focus on how our understanding of dignity affects medical ethics, the law, and ultimately how we interact with one another in the public square. Read the Cardus Religious Freedom Institute's paper, Who Are You? Reaffirming Human Dignity.

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