The History of Canon Law as a Proper Mirror to Deepen Current Legal Conflicts

It is important to underline that the history of Canon Law has a specific significance, even considering the methodological opportunity to find and to reconsider documents, periods, and personalities in order to modify and to enhance already acquired hermeneutical data. A partially unexplored hypoth...

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Main Author: Domenico Bilotti
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-04-01
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description It is important to underline that the history of Canon Law has a specific significance, even considering the methodological opportunity to find and to reconsider documents, periods, and personalities in order to modify and to enhance already acquired hermeneutical data. A partially unexplored hypothesis, however, consists in the peculiar attitude of Canon Law in approaching themes coming from the current configuration of legal relationships because the ecclesial paradigm has represented a primary framework, not only in Western societies, for Christian cultures and a not necessarily hostile and antithetical model to the others. By selecting a restrained amount of critical case studies, this essay will consider juridical institutes related to the legitimacy of public authorities, the legal protection of dissent (but on the basis of limited circumstances), the Private law possibility to realize human interests in a pacific, mutual, contractual way.
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spelling doaj-art-0b43259112e44cf0884b7d10c7b9738d2025-08-20T01:56:45ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442025-04-0116555910.3390/rel16050559The History of Canon Law as a Proper Mirror to Deepen Current Legal ConflictsDomenico Bilotti0Department of Law, Economics and Sociology, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, ItalyIt is important to underline that the history of Canon Law has a specific significance, even considering the methodological opportunity to find and to reconsider documents, periods, and personalities in order to modify and to enhance already acquired hermeneutical data. A partially unexplored hypothesis, however, consists in the peculiar attitude of Canon Law in approaching themes coming from the current configuration of legal relationships because the ecclesial paradigm has represented a primary framework, not only in Western societies, for Christian cultures and a not necessarily hostile and antithetical model to the others. By selecting a restrained amount of critical case studies, this essay will consider juridical institutes related to the legitimacy of public authorities, the legal protection of dissent (but on the basis of limited circumstances), the Private law possibility to realize human interests in a pacific, mutual, contractual way.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/16/5/559Roman Catholic Churchhistory of Canon Lawlaw and politicspolitics and religion(s)ecumenical dialogueinterreligious dialogue
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Roman Catholic Church
history of Canon Law
law and politics
politics and religion(s)
ecumenical dialogue
interreligious dialogue
title The History of Canon Law as a Proper Mirror to Deepen Current Legal Conflicts
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history of Canon Law
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ecumenical dialogue
interreligious dialogue
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