ecclesiastical matter. A matter that concerns church doctrine, creed, or form of worship, or the adoption and enforcement, within a religious association, of laws and regulations to govern the membership, including the power to exclude from such an association those deemed unworthy of membership. [Cases: Religious Societies 5, 28. C.J.S. Religious Societies § 6.]
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ecclesiastical matter 宗教事务 诸如有关教会的教义、信条、礼拜的形式，或者在一个宗教团体内部为管理成员而采纳和强制实施必要的法律和教规，以及将不适合的人驱逐出社团的事宜。
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circum sacra (s[schwa]r-k[schwa]m say-kr[schwa]). [Law Latin] Hist. Eccles. law. Concerning sacred things. • The phrase appeared in reference to the church’s supreme jurisdiction over questions of doctrine, as distinguished from a civil court’s jurisdiction over other ecclesiastical matters.
Hist. English law. An oath required of those taking office, along with the oaths of allegiance and abjuration, declaring that the sovereign is superior to the church in ecclesiastical matters.
consistory court (k[schwa]n-sis-t[schwa]r-ee).Eccles. law. In England, a diocesan court exercising ju-risdiction over the clergy and church property, such as a cemetery, and other ecclesiastical matters. • Consistory courts are presided over by the bishop’s chancellor or the chancellor’s commissary. — Also termed consistorial court. Cf. BISHOP’S COURT.
archbishop. Eccles. law. A church officer who has authority over all ecclesiastical matters within a province. • Within the Church of England, the Archbishop of Canterbury is superior in rank to but does not control the Archbishop of York, who has supreme authority in the province of York. Both are appointed for life by England’s
Court of Delegates. Hist. Eccles. law. A court serving as the final court of appeal for admiralty and ecclesiastical matters. • The Court was established in 1534 to serve in the stead of the Papal Curia when the English Church severed its ties with the Papacy. Six delegates, appointed to hear only one case, made
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nomocanon (n[schwa]-mok-[schwa]-non or noh-m[schwa]-kan-[schwa]n). 1. A collection of canon and imperial laws applicable to ecclesiastical matters in the orthodox churches. • The first nomocanon is falsely ascribed to Johannes Scholasticus, patriarch of Constantinople, in 553. Later canons consist primarily of the canons of the Quinisext and the ecclesiastical laws of Justinian. 2. A collection of
Hist. Eccles. law. A court serving as the final court of appeal for admiralty and ecclesiastical matters. • The Court was established in 1534 to serve in the stead of the Papal Curia when the English Church severed its ties with the Papacy. Six delegates, appointed to hear only one case, made up the Court,
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Court of Convocation. Eccles. law. An assembly of high-ranking provincial officials and representatives of the lower clergy having jurisdiction over cases of heresy, schism, and other ecclesiastical matters.
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