Christian Law: Contemporary Principles

Norman Doe

doi:10.1017/CBO9781139021906

References

Bibliography

The following is a thematic list of the materials used in this study. In sections 1 to 10, each tradition studied is listed alphabetically – its primary sources (their laws and other regulatory instruments) followed by the secondary sources. Section 11 lists primary and secondary sources on ecumenism, and sections 12–15 list secondary sources on the history of church law, civil law on religion, religious law, and theology and the history of Christian themes.

1. Anglican materials

Primary sources

Australia: The Anglican Church of Australia: Constitution, Canons and Rules of the Anglican Church of Australia (2010); A Prayer Book for Australia (1995)

Brazil: Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil, Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil: Constituciao (1994) and Canones Gerais (1994)

Burundi: Church of the Province of Burundi, Constitution (1991)

Canada: Anglican Church of Canada, Handbook of the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada (2010); Book of Common Prayer (1962)

Central Africa: Church of the Province of Central Africa, Constitution and Canons (1996)

Chile: Diocese of Chile, Anglican Church of the Southern Cone of America, Estatutos de la Corporacion Anglicana de Chile (1995)

England: Church of England, Canons of the Church of England (1964–2011); Book of Common Prayer (1662); A Directory of Religious Life (Advisory Council on the Relations of Bishops and Religious Communities, 1990)

Indian Ocean: Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean, Constitution and Canons (1994)

Ireland: The Constitution of the Church of Ireland (2003)

Japan: Holy Catholic Church in Japan (Nippon Sei Ko Kai), Constitution and Canons (1971)

Jerusalem: Constitution of the Central Synod of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East (1980)

Kenya: Church of the Province of Kenya, Constitution (1979)

Korea: The Constitution and Canons of the Anglican Church of Korea (1992)

Melanesia: Church of the Province of Melanesia, Constitution and Canons (1992)

Mexico: Anglican Church of Mexico, Constitucion del Sinodo General de la Iglesia Anglicana de Mexico (1996)

New Zealand: Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia, Constitution and Code of Canons (2008); A New Zealand Prayer Book (1989)

Nigeria: Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Constitution (2002)

Papua New Guinea: Anglican Church of (the Province of) Papua New Guinea, Provincial Constitution and Provincial Canons (1996)

Philippines: Episcopal Church in the (Province of the) Philippines, Constitution and Canons (1996); Social Concerns Resolutions and Statements (1988)

Portugal: Lusitanian Church (Portuguese Episcopal Church), Igreja Lusitana, Catolica, Apostolica, Evangelica, Canones (1980)

Rwanda: Church of the Province of Rwanda, Constitution (1998)

Scotland: Scottish Episcopal Church, Code of Canons (2006)

South East Asia: Church of the Province of South East Asia, Constitution and Regulations (1997)

South India: The Constitution of the Church of South India (1992)

Southern Africa: Anglican Church of Southern Africa, Constitution and Canons (2004); An Anglican Prayer Book (1989)

Sudan: The Constitution of the Province of the Episcopal Church of the Sudan (1976: as amended, 1983)

The Anglican Communion Covenant (Anglican Communion Office, London, 2009)

The Canon Law of the Church of England, Report of the Archbishops’ Commission on Canon Law [Church of England] (SPCK, London, 1947)

The Principles of Canon Law Common to the Churches of the Anglican Communion (Anglican Communion Office, London, 2008)

The Windsor Report, Lambeth Commission on Communion (Anglican Communion Office, London, 2004)

Uganda: Church of the Province of Uganda, Provincial Constitution (1994)

USA: The Episcopal Church in the USA, Constitution and Canons for the Government of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (2000); Book of Common Prayer (1979); Office of Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, A Beginner’s Guide to the Concordat of Agreement (with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America) (2003)

Venezuela: Extra-Provincial Diocese of Venezuela, Constitucion y Canones de la Iglesia Anglicana en Venezuela (1995)

Virginia Report (of the Inter-Anglican Theological and Doctrinal Commission), The Official Report of the Lambeth Conference 1998 (Morehouse Publishing, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1999)

Wales: The Constitution of the Church in Wales (2006); The Book of Common Prayer (1984).

West Africa: Church of the Province of West Africa, Constitution and Canons (1989)

West Indies: Constitution and Canons of the Church of the Province of the West Indies (1991)

Secondary sources

Allchin, A.M., The Silent Rebellion: Anglican Religious Communities 1845–1900 (SCM Press, London, 1958)

Baima, T.M., The Concordat of Agreement between the Episcopal Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: Lessons on the Way Toward Full Communion (Edwin Mellen Press, New York, 2003)

Coleman, E. (ed.), Resolutions of the Twelve Lambeth Conferences 1867–1988 (Anglican Book Centre, Toronto, 1992)

Doe, N., An Anglican Covenant: Theological and Legal Considerations for a Global Debate (Canterbury Press, Norwich, 2008)

Doe, N., ‘Canonical approaches to human rights in Anglican churches’, in M. Hill (ed.), Religious Liberty and Human Rights (University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 2002) 185

Doe, N., ‘Canon law and communion’, 6 Ecclesiastical Law Journal (2002) 241

Doe, N., Canon Law in the Anglican Communion: A Worldwide Perspective (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1998)

Doe, N., ‘Inter-church and inter-faith marriages in Anglican canon law’, in N. Doe (ed.) Marriage in Anglican and Roman Catholic Canon Law (Centre for Law and Religion, Cardiff, 2009) 95

Doe, N. (ed.), Marriage in Anglican and Roman Catholic Canon Law (Centre for Law and Religion, Cardiff, 2009)

Doe, N., ‘The Anglican Covenant proposed by the Lambeth Commission’, 8 Ecclesiastical Law Journal (2005) 147–161

Doe, N., ‘The common law of the Anglican Communion’, 7 Ecclesiastical Law Journal (2003) 4

Doe, N., ‘The contribution of common principles of canon law to ecclesial communion in Anglicanism’, in The Principles of Canon Law Common to the Churches of the Anglican Communion (Anglican Communion Office, London, 2008) 97

Doe, N. (ed.), The Formation and Ordination of Clergy in Anglican and Roman Catholic Canon Law (Centre for Law and Religion, Cardiff, 2009)

Doe, N., The Law of the Church in Wales (University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 2002)

Doe, N., The Legal Framework of the Church of England: A Critical Study in a Comparative Context (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1996)

Doe, N., ‘The principles of canon law: a focus of legal unity in Anglican-Roman Catholic relations’, 5 Ecclesiastical Law Journal (1999) 221

Hill, M., Ecclesiastical Law (3rd edn., Oxford University Press, 2007)

Hill, M., ‘Gospel and order’, 4 Ecclesiastical Law Journal (1996) 659

House of Bishops, The Eucharist: Sacrament of Unity (Church House Publishing, London, 2001)

2. Baptist materials

Primary sources

American Baptist Churches in the USA: Standing Rules (2007); Bylaws (2007); Common Budget Covenant, Operating Guidelines Manual (2004); The Covenant of Relationships and its Agreements among the General, National, and Regional Boards of the American Baptist Churches (1984)

Asian Baptist Federation (BWA, Regional Organisation): Constitution and Bylaws (1994)

Baptist Churches of New Zealand: Ethical Principles and Guidelines for Pastors of New Zealand Baptist Churches (2000, amended 2008); Transitional Ministry Guidelines (2005)

Baptist Union of Great Britain: Constitution (undated); Baptist Union Corporation Guidelines, Baptist Model Trusts for Churches (2003); Baptists in Ecumenical Partnerships (2008)

Baptist Union of Scotland: Constitution and Standing Orders of the Council and Assembly (undated)

Baptist Union of Southern Africa: Constitution and Bylaws (1933, as amended); Model Constitution (2000)

Baptist World Alliance: Constitution, and Bylaws of the General Council (2004)

Bethel Baptist Church, Choctaw, Oklahoma, USA: Constitution and Bylaws (undated)

Canadian National Baptist Convention: Constitution and Bylaws (2008)

Central Baptist Church, Pretoria, South Africa: Constitution (2010)

Jamaica Baptist Union: Constitution (1981)

National Baptist Convention, USA, Incorporated: Constitution (Revised, 2002); Bylaws (2003)

Nigerian Baptist Convention: Policies and Practice (undated)

North American Baptist Conference: Constitution (2009); Statement of Beliefs (2004); Ordination Guidelines (2004); Home Missions Commission, Serving the Lord as a Chaplain in the Armed Forces of the United States of America (2000)

Orders and Prayers for Church Worship: A Manual for Ministers, compiled by E.A. Payne and S.F. Winward (BUGB and Ireland, London, 1960, Reprinted 1972)

Riverside Baptist Church, Baltimore, USA: Constitution and Bylaws (2003)

Southern Baptist Convention: Sunday School Board, The Baptist Faith and Message (Nashville, Tennessee, 1963); The Church Constitution Guide: www.namb.net

Secondary sources

Brackney, W.H., Historical Dictionary of the Baptists (Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland and London, 1999)

Deweese, C.W., Baptist Church Covenants (Boardman Press, Nashville, Tennessee, 1990)

Gilmore, A. (ed.), The Pattern of the Church: A Baptist View (Lutterworth Press, London, 1963)

Goodliff, P., ‘Baptist church polity and practice’, 168 Law and Justice (2012) 5

Grenz, S.J., The Baptist Congregation: A Guide to Baptist Belief and Practice (Regent College Publishing, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1985)

Lumpkin, W.L., Baptist Confessions of Faith (Judson Press, Philadelphia, 1959)

Maring, N.H., and W.S. Hudson, A Baptist Manual of Polity and Practice (Judson Press, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1963)

Pierard, R.V. (ed.), Baptists Together in Christ 1905–2005: A Hundred-Year History of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA, Falls Church, Virginia, 2005)

Sparkes, D.C., The Constitutions of the Baptist Union of Great Britain (BUGB, London, 1996)

Stanton Norman, R., The Baptist Way: Distinctiveness of a Baptist Church (Broadman and Holman, Nashville, Tennessee, 2005)

West, W.M.S., Baptist Principles (BUGB, London, 1960)

Wright, N.G., Free Church, Free State: The Positive Baptist Vision (Paternoster, London, 2005)

3. Catholic materials

Primary sources

Acta Apostolicae Sedis (Vatican, 1909–present)

Basic Norms for Priestly Formation (Vatican, 1985)

Catechism of the Catholic Church (Geoffrey Chapman, London, 1994)

Christus Dominus (Vatican II, Decree, 1965)

Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium, Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (1990), Latin-English Edition, Canon Law Society of America (Washington, 2001)

Codex Iuris Canonici, The Code of Canon Law (1983) (Latin Church)

Dignitatis Humanae (Vatican II, Decree, 1965)

Directory for the Application of Norms and Principles of Ecumenism (Vatican, 1993)

Directory for the Ministry and Life of Priests (Vatican, 1994)

Ecclesia de Eucharistia (Vatican, 2003)

Gaudium et Spes (Vatican II, Pastoral Constitution, 1966)

Gravissimum Educationis (Vatican II, Declaration, 1965)

Lumen Gentium (Vatican II, Dogmatic Constitution, 1965)

Matrimonia Mixta (1970)

One Bread, One Body, Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, Ireland and Scotland (London, 1998)

Pastor Bonus (Vatican, 1988)

Sacrae Disciplinae Leges (Vatican, 1983)

Sacrosanctum Consilium (Vatican II, Constitution, 1964)

The Ecumenical Dimension of Those Engaged in Pastoral Work (Vatican, 1995)

The Priest, Pastor and Leader of the Parish Community (Vatican, 2002)

Unitatis Redintegratio (Vatican II, Decree on Ecumenism, 1964)

Secondary sources

Arrieta, J.I., Governance Structures within the Catholic Church (Wilson and Lafleur, Montreal, 2000)

Beal, J.P., J.A. Coriden and T.J. Green (eds.), New Commentary on the Code of Canon Law (Paulist Press, New York, 2000)

Corecco, E., The Theology of Canon Law: A Methodological Question (Duquesne University Press, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1992)

Coriden, J., ‘A challenge: make rights real’, 45 The Jurist (1986) 1

Dalton, W., ‘Parish councils or parish pastoral councils’, 22 Studia Canonica (1988) 169

Euart, S.A., ‘Council, code and laity: implications for lay ministry’, 47 The Jurist (1987) 492

Flannery, A. (ed.), Vatican Council II: The Conciliar and Post-Conciliar Documents, Vatican Collection, 2 Volumes (Costello, New York, 1982, 1988)

Gallagher, C., Church Law and Church Order in Rome and Byzantium: A Comparative Study (Ashgate, Variorum, Aldershot, 2002)

Gauthier, A., ‘Juridical persons in the code of canon law’, 25 Studia Canonica (1991) 77

Gavin, F., ‘An outline of marriage preparation in Roman Catholic discipline’, in N. Doe (ed.), Marriage in Anglican and Roman Catholic Canon Law (Centre for Law and Religion, Cardiff, 2009) 27

Gerosa, L., Canon Law (Continuum, London, 2002)

Hilbert, M., ‘Dispensation for non-consummated marriages: de processu super ratio’, in N. Doe (ed.), Marriage in Anglican and Roman Catholic Canon Law (Cardiff, 2009)

Huels, J.M., Liturgy and Law: Liturgical Law in the System of Roman Catholic Canon Law (Wilson and Lafleur, Montreal, 2006)

Huels, J.M., ‘The interpretation of liturgical law’, 55 Worship (1981) 218

Huizing, P., and K. Walf, ‘What does the “right to dissent” mean in the Church?’, 158 Concilium (1982) 3

Johnson, J.G., ‘The synod of bishops: an exploration of its nature and function’, 20 Studia Canonica (1986) 275

Lara, C., ‘Some general reflections on the rights and duties of the Christian faithful’, 20 Studia Canonica (1986) 7

Mallett, J.M. (ed.), The Ministry of Governance (Canon Law Society of America, Washington, D.C., 1986)

Matthews, K., ‘Extra-judicial appeal and hierarchical recourse’, 18 Studia Canonica (1984) 95

McGrath, A., ‘On the gravity of causes of a psychological nature in the proof of inability to assume the essential obligations of marriage’, 22 Studia Canonica (1988) 67

Morrisey, F., ‘Papal and curial pronouncements: their canonical significance in the light of the 1983 code of canon law’, 50 The Jurist (1990) 102

Motiuk, D., ‘The code of canons of the Eastern Catholic Churches: some ten years later’, 36 Studia Canonica (2002) 189

Nedungatt, G. (ed.), A Guide to the Eastern Code: A Commentary on the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (Pontificio Istituto Orientale, Rome, 2002)

Ombres, R., ‘The nature of marriage and the right to marry in the Latin Code: canons 1055–1062’, in N. Doe (ed.), Marriage in Anglican and Roman Catholic Canon Law (Centre for Law and Religion, Cardiff, 2009) 17

Ombres, R., ‘The new profession of faith and oath’, 3 Priests and People (1989) 339

Ombres, R., ‘The pastoral care of the armed forces in canon law’, 2 Priests and People (1988) 234

Ombres, R., ‘The removal of parish priests’, 1 Priests and People (1987) 9

Örsy, L., Theology and Canon Law: New Horizons for Legislation and Interpretation (Collegeville, Minnesota, 1992)

Otero, J.C., ‘Church–state relations in the light of Vatican II’, 8 Concilium (1970) 113

Pospishil, V.J., Eastern Catholic Church Law (St Marion, New York, 1996)

Provost, J.H., ‘First penance and first Eucharist’, 43 The Jurist (1983) 450

Provost, J.H., ‘The participation of the laity in the governance of the church’, 17 Studia Canonica (1983) 417

Robertson, J.W., ‘Canons 867 and 868 and baptising against the will of parents’, 45 The Jurist (1985) 631

Sheehy, G., R. Brown, D. Kelly and A. McGrath (eds.), The Canon Law: Letter and Spirit – A Practical Guide to the Code of Canon Law, The Canon Law Society of Great Britain and Ireland (Veritas, Dublin, 1995)

Sullivan, F.A., ‘The response to the non-definitive exercise of magisterium’, 23 Studia Canonica (1989) 267

Ward, D.J., ‘Trust management under the new code’, 44 The Jurist (1984) 134

Wijlens, M., Theology and Canon Law: The Theories of Klaus Mörsdorf and Eugene Corecco (University Press of America, Lanham, 1992)

Witte, H., ‘The local bishop and lay pastoral workers: a newly created function in the church and its impact on Episcopal collegiality’, 69 The Jurist (2009) 84

Woestman, W.H. (ed.), Papal Allocutions to the Roman Rota: 1939–1994 (St Paul University, Ottawa, 1994)

Woestman, W.H., Sacraments: Initiation, Penance, Anointing the Sick: Commentary on Canons 840–1007 (St Paul University, Ottawa, 1996)

Woestman, W.H., The Sacrament of Orders and the Clerical State (St Paul University, Ottawa, 1999)

Wood, S., ‘The theological foundation of Episcopal conferences and collegiality’, 22 Studia Canonica (1988) 327

For the Old Catholic Church

Primary sources

International Conference of Old Catholic Bishops United in the Union of Utrecht: Statute (2000); Guidelines with Respect to the Recognition of a Church as an Independent Old-Catholic Church of the Utrecht Union (2002)

Polish National Catholic Church: Constitution and Laws (2006)

Secondary sources

Moss, C.B., The Old Catholic Movement: Its Origins and History (SPCK, London, 1964)

4. Congregational materials

Primary sources

Congregational Federation: Constitution, in The Congregational Year Book (Congregational Federation, Nottingham, 2009)

United Congregational Church of Southern Africa: Constitution (including Model Constitution for Local Churches) (2007)

Secondary sources

Dale, R.W., History of English Congregationalism (Hodder & Soughton, London, 1907)

Price, E.J., A Handbook of Congregationalism (2nd edn., Independent Press, London, 1957)

5. Lutheran material

Primary sources

Church of Sweden: Church Ordinance (2000)

Evangelical Church of Finland: Catechism (2000)

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: Constitution, Bylaws, and General Resolutions (2009); Model Constitution for Congregations (2005)

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada: Constitution (2009); Administrative Bylaws (2009); Corporate Bylaws (2011); Sexual Abuse or Harassment Policy (2006)

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ireland: Constitution (2011)

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Southern Africa (Natal-Transvaal): Guidelines for the Church Life of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (Natal-Transvaal) (2007)

International Lutheran Council: Constitution and Guiding Principles (2007)

Lutheran Church in Great Britain: Rules and Regulations (2011)

Lutheran Church of Australia: Constitution and Bylaws (2004); Doctrinal Statement and Theological Opinions, Some Pastoral Guidelines for Responsible Communion Practice (2001); Worship Guidelines (2005); Women as Lay Readers: Some Guidelines (2004); Guidelines for Inter-Church Marriages (2000); Guidelines for Drawing Up a Statement of ‘Recognition of Relationship’ between the Lutheran Church of Australia and Another Lutheran Church Body (2001); Recognition of Relationship: A Confessional Agreement between the Lutheran Church of Australia and the Lutheran Church Canada (1993); A Lutheran Approach to the Theology of Worship (2001); What is a call? (2000)

Lutheran Missouri Synod: Handbook: Constitution, Bylaws and Articles of Association (2010); Guidelines for Constitutions and Bylaws of Lutheran Congregations (2006); Standard Operating Procedures Manual: Expulsion of Individuals from Membership in the Synod as a Result of Sexual Misconduct or Criminal Behavior (2011), Expulsion from Membership: Congregations or Individuals (2011), Dispute Resolution (2011)

Lutheran World Federation: Constitution and Bylaws (2010); The Lutheran World Federation as a Communion of Churches (LWF, Geneva, 2003)

North American Lutheran Church: Constitution Document for Congregations (2011); Standards for Pastoral Ministry (2011)

The Book of Concord: The Confession of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, translated and edited by T.G. Toppart (Fortress Press, Philadelphia, 1959)

Secondary sources

Bergendoff, C., The Church of the Lutheran Reformation (Concordia Publishing, St Louis, 1967)

Bodensieck, J. (ed.), The Encyclopedia of the Lutheran Church (Augsburg Publishing, Minneapolis, 1965)

Church Law and Polity in Lutheran Churches, Reports of the International Consultations in Järvenpää and Baastad (LWF, Geneva, 1979)

Gassmann, G., and H. Meyer, The Unity of the Church: Requirements and Structures (LWF, Geneva, 1983)

Schjörring, J.H., P. Kunari and N.A. Hjelm, From Federation to Communion: The History of the Lutheran World Federation (Fortress Press, Minneapolis, 1997)

Witte, J., Law and Protestantism: the Legal Teachings of the Protestant Reformation (Cambridge University Press, 2002)

6. Methodist materials

Primary sources

Church of the Nazarene: Manual: History, Constitution, Government, Ritual (2009–2013)

Free Methodist Church of North America: Book of Discipline (2007); Deacon Handbook (2004); Pastors and Church Leaders Manual (2006)

Methodist Church in Great Britain: The Constitutional Practice and Discipline of the Methodist Church (2009); Guidelines for Churches dealing with Extremist Political Parties (2003); Rules and Regulations for Faith and Worship: The Local Preachers’ Training Course (2006); Handbook for Probation: Formation in Ministry (2007)

Methodist Church in Ireland: Constitution (2010); Regulations, Discipline and Government (2010)

Methodist Church of New Zealand (Te Haahi Weteriana o Aotearoa): Laws and Regulations (2007)

Methodist Church of South Africa: Laws and Discipline (2000)

United Methodist Church in Northern Europe and Eurasia: Book of Discipline (2009)

United Methodist Church – USA: Constitution (2009)

World Methodist Council, Constitution

Secondary sources

Beck, B., ‘The Methodist Church and the idea of a national church’, 149 Law and Justice (2002) 105

7. Orthodox materials

Primary sources

American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the USA: Spiritual-Sacramental Guidelines (undated)

Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain (Greek Orthodox): Instructions (2007)

Diocese of Sourozh (Russian Orthodox Church): Statutes (2000)

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America: Charter (2003); Regulations (2007)

Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church: Constitution (2006)

Orthodox Church in America: Guidelines for Clergy (1998); Clergy Compensation Scheme (1995); Reducing the Risk of Child Sexual Abuse: Guidelines for Parishes and Institutions (2002); Policies, Standards and Procedures on Sexual Misconduct (2003); Best Practice Principles and Policies for Financial Accountability (2008)

Romanian Orthodox Church: Statutes (undated)

Russian Orthodox Church: Statute (1988, as amended)

Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas: Constitution (1961, as amended); Guidelines for Orthodox Christians in Ecumenical Relations (1973)

Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Churches of Australia: Constitution (undated)

Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch: Constitution (1998)

The Rudder (Pedalion) of the Orthodox Christians or All the Sacred and Divine Canons, edited by C. Cummings (Orthodox Christian Educational Society, Chicago, Illinois, 1957)

Ukrainian Orthodox Church in America: Statutes (2005); Joint Statements of the Hierarchs, Practical Instructions for Diocesan Faithful, Code of Pastoral Conduct, Sexual Abuse Policy (undated)

Secondary sources

Afanasiev, N., ‘The canons of the church: changeable or unchangeable?’, 11 St Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly (1967) 54

Archondonis, B., ‘A common code for the Orthodox churches’, I Kanon (1973) 45

Erickson, J.H., The Challenge of Our Past: Studies in Orthodox Canon Law and Church History (Crestwood, New York, 1991)

Meyendorff, J., ‘Contemporary problems of Orthodox canon law’, 17 Greek Orthodox Theological Review (1972) 41

Patsavos, L.J., Manual for the Course in Orthodox Canon Law (Hellenic College, Holy Cross Orthodox School of Theology, New York, 1975)

Patsavos, L., ‘The canonical tradition of the Orthodox Church’, in F.K. Litsas (ed.), A Companion to the Greek Orthodox Church (Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America, New York, 1984) 137

Rodopoulos, P., An Overview of Orthodox Canon Law (Orthodox Research Institute, Rollinsford, New Hampshire, 2007)

Viscuso, P., ‘Canon law as an instrument for the realisation of the Church in Orthodox ecclesiology’, 11 International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church (2011) 203

Ware, T., The Orthodox Church (Penguin, London, 1963, reprinted 1991)

Zizioulas, J., Being as Communion (St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, New York, 1985)

8. Presbyterian materials

Primary sources

Presbyterian Church in America: The Book of Church Order (2005)

Presbyterian Church in Ireland: The Code: Book of the Constitution and Government (2010)

Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand: The Book of Order (2011)

Presbyterian Church of Wales (Eglwys Bresbyteraidd Cymru): Constitution (2009); Handbook of Order and Rules (2010); Constitution for a Local Church (2009); Employee Handbook (undated)

United Free Church of Scotland: Manual of Practice and Procedure (2011)

Secondary sources

Herron, A., A Guide to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (St Andrew Press, Edinburgh, 1986)

Herron, A., The Law and Practice of the Kirk: A Guide and Commentary (Bell and Bain, Glasgow, 1995)

Weatherhead, J.L. (ed.), The Constitution and Laws of the Church of Scotland (Board of Practice and Procedure, Edinburgh, 1997)

WotherspoonH.J., and J.M. Kirkpatrick, A Manual of Church Doctrine According to the Church of Scotland (2nd edn., Oxford University Press, 1960)

9. Reformed Church materials

Primary sources

Église Reformée de France: Discipline (2003)

Reformed Church in America: The Book of Church Order (2010)

United Reformed Church: Manual (2008): Model Constitution for Local Churches (2010)

World Alliance of Reformed Churches: Constitution (2003)

World Communion of Reformed Churches: Constitution and Bylaws (2010)

Secondary sources

Coertzen, P., Church and Order: A Reformed Perspective (Peeters, Leuven, 1998)

Dombois, H., ‘Ökumenisches Kirchenrecht heute’, 24 Zeitschrift für Evangelisches Kirchenrecht (1979) 225

van Huffel, M.A.P., ‘The relevance of Reformed church polity principles’, unpublished paper delivered at the conference Protestant Church Polity in Changing Contexts, Utrecht, 7–10 November 2011

Koffeman, L.J., Het goed recht van de kerk: Een theologische inleiding op het kerkrecht (Kok, Kampen 2009)

Kuhn, K.C., ‘Church order instead of church law’, 5 Concilium (1996) 29

Niemandt, N., ‘Emerging missional ecclesiology in the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa and church polity – a case study’, unpublished paper delivered at the conference Protestant Church Polity in Changing Contexts, Utrecht, 7–10 November 2011

Steinmuller, W., ‘Divine law and its dynamics in Protestant theology of law’, 8 Concilium (1969) 13

10. United and Uniting Churches materials

United Church of Canada: The Manual (2010); Ethical Standards and Standards of Practice for Ministry Personnel (2008); Section 429 Guidelines for Incorporated Ministries (2008); Ministry and Employment Policies and Benefits (2005); Pastoral Relations Parental Leave Policy (2010); Financial Handbook for Congregations (2010); Dispute Resolution Policy Handbook (2008); Sexual Abuse Prevention and Response Policy and Procedures (2011); Community Ministry Standards and Best Practices: Administrative Standards for Community and Social Justice Ministries (2007)

United Church of Christ: Constitution and Bylaws (2010)

United Church of Christ in the Philippines: Constitution and Bylaws (2002)

(United) Church of North India: Constitution and Bylaws (2006)

Uniting Church in Australia: Constitution and Regulations (2001)

11. Ecumenical materials

Primary sources

An Anglican-Methodist Covenant, Common Statement of Formal Conversations, Methodist Church of Great Britain and Church of England (London, 2001)

Anglican-Lutheran Covenant in Australia (2004)

Anglican-Lutheran Covenant in New Zealand (2006)

Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission: Church as Communion (1990)

Australian Churches Covenanting Together (2004)

Bonn Agreement (1931)

Charta Oecumenica, between the Conference of European Churches and the Roman Catholic Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (2001)

Churches Together in Britain and Ireland: Constitution (2003)

Common Ground: Covenanting for Mutual Recognition and Reconciliation, between the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia and the Lutheran Church of New Zealand (2006)

Community of Protestant Churches in Europe (Lutheran and Reformed): Leuenberg Agreement (1973); The Leuenberg Fellowship, The Church of Jesus Christ (Frankfurt am Main, 1996)

Conference of European Churches: Constitution (1992)

Covenant of the Churches in Wales (1975)

Growth in Communion, Report of the Anglican-Lutheran International Working Group 2000–2002 (Geneva, 2003)

Kilcoy Covenant (United, Anglican, Catholic and Lutheran Churches) (Queensland, Australia, 2001)

Lausanne Covenant (1974)

Lutheran-Anglican-Roman Catholic Covenant (Virginia, 1990)

Porvoo Common Statement (1992)

World Council of Churches, Faith and Order Commission, ‘The Ecumenical Movement and Church Law’, Document IV.8 (1974)

World Council of Churches: Constitution and Rules (2006); Handbook of Churches and Councils (WCC, Geneva, 2006)

Secondary sources

Arthur, G., Law, Liberty and Church (Ashgate, Aldershot, 2006)

Avis, P., (ed.), The Christian Church: An Introduction to the Major Traditions (SPCK, London, 2002)

Boldon, D.A., ‘Formal church polity and ecumenical activity’, 49 Sociological Analysis (1988) 293

Colloquium of Anglican and Roman Catholic Canon Lawyers, ‘A decade of ecumenical dialogue in canon law’, 11 Ecclesiastical Law Journal (2009) 284

Conn, J., and N. Doe, and J. Fox (eds.), Initiation, Membership and Authority in Anglican and Roman Catholic Canon Law (Centre for Law and Religion, Cardiff, and Pontifical Gregorian University and Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas, Rome, 2005)

Doe, N., ‘Canonical doctrines of judicial precedent: a comparative study’, 54 The Jurist (1994) 205

Doe, N., ‘The concept of Christian law – a case study: the concept of “a church” in comparative and ecumenical context’, in N. Doe and R. Sandberg (eds.), Law and Religion: New Horizons (Peeters, Leuven, 2010) 243

Doe, N., ‘The notion of a national church: a juridical framework’, 149 Law and Justice (2002) 77

Evans, G.R., The Church and the Churches: Toward an Ecumenical Ecclesiology (Cambridge University Press, 1994)

Leahy, B., ‘The role of canon law in the ecumenical venture: a Roman Catholic perspective’, 13 Ecclesiastical Law Journal (2011) 15

Limouris, G. (ed.), Orthodox Visions of Ecumenism (WCC, Geneva, 1994)

Lossky, N., ‘The Orthodox Churches’, in P. Avis (ed.), The Christian Church: An Introduction to the Major Traditions (SPCK, London, 2002) 1

Lossky, N., J.M. Bonino, J. Pobee, T.F. Stransky, G. Wainwright and P. Webb (eds.), Dictionary of the Ecumenical Movement (WCC Publications, Geneva, 2002)

MacLean, M.A. (ed.), Legal Systems of Scottish Churches (Dundee University Press, 2009)

Oppegaard, S., and G. Cameron (eds.), Anglican-Lutheran Agreements: Regional and International Agreements 1972–2002 (Lutheran World Federation and Anglican Consultative Council, Geneva, 2004)

Reuver, M., Faith and Law: Juridical Perspectives for the Ecumenical Movement (WCC, Geneva, 2000)

Sagovsky, N., ‘The contribution of canon law to Anglican-Roman Catholic ecumenism’, 13 Ecclesiastical Law Journal (2011) 4

Stormon, E.J. (ed.), Towards the Healing of Schism (Paulist Press, New York, 1987)

Vischer, L. (ed.), A Documentary History of the Faith and Order Movement: 1927–1963 (Bethany Press, St Louis, 1964)

12. History of church law

Brundage, J.A., Medieval Canon Law (Longman, London, 1995)

Helmholz, R.H., The Canon Law and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction from 597 to the 1640s (Oxford University Press, 2004)

Helmholz, R.H., The Spirit of Classical Canon Law (University of Georgia Press, Athens and London, 1996)

O’Donovan, O., and O’Donovan, J.L. (eds.), From Irenaeus to Grotius: A Sourcebook in Christian Political Thought 100–1625 (William B. Eerdmans, Cambridge, 1999)

Urresti, T., ‘Canon law and theology: two different sciences’, 8 Concilium (1967) 10

Witte, J., and F.S. Alexander (eds.), Christianity and Law (Cambridge University Press, 2008)

13. Civil law on religion

Ahdar, R., and I. Leigh, Religious Freedom in the Liberal State (Oxford University Press, 2005)

Brownlie, I., Principles of Public International Law (6th edn., Oxford University Press, 2003)

Cane, P., C. Evans and Z. Robinson (eds.), Law and Religion in Theoretical and Historical Context (Cambridge University Press, 2008)

Cox, N., Church and State in the Post-Colonial Era: The Anglican Church and the Constitution in New Zealand (Polygraphia, Auckland, 2008)

Doe, N., and A.W. Jeremy, ‘Justifications for religious autonomy’, in R. O’Dair and A. Lewis (eds.), Law and Religion, Current Legal Issues, Vol. 4 (Oxford University Press, 2001) 421

Doe, N., Law and Religion in Europe: A Comparative Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2011)

Edge, P., Religion and Law (Ashgate, Aldershot, 2006)

Friedner, L., ‘Church and State in Sweden 2000’, 8 European Journal for Church and State (2001) 255

Hamilton, C., Family, Law and Religion (Sweet and Maxwell, London, 1995)

Papastathis, Ch.K., ‘Religious self-administration in the Hellenic Republic’, in G. Robbers (ed.), Church Autonomy (Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main, 2001) 425

Potz, R., ‘State and church in European countries with an Orthodox tradition’, III Derecho y Religion (2008) 33

Puza, R., and N. Doe (eds.), Religion and Law in Dialogue: Covenantal and Non-Covenantal Cooperation between State and Religion in Europe (Peeters, Leuven, 2006)

Rivers, J., The Law of Organized Religions (Oxford University Press, 2011)

Sandberg, R., Law and Religion (Cambridge University Press, 2011)

Taylor, P.M., Freedom of Religion (Cambridge University Press, 2005)

van der Vyver, D.D., and J. Witte (eds.), Religious Human Rights in Global Perspective: Legal Perspectives (Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, 1995)

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14. Religious law

Beckford, J.A., and J.T. Richardson, ‘Religion and regulation’ in J.A. Beckford and N.J. Demerath (eds.), The Sage Handbook of the Sociology of Religion (Sage, London, 2007) 396

Hecht, N.S., B.S. Jackson, S.M. Passamaneck, D. Piattelli, and A.M. Rabello (eds.), An Introduction to the History and Sources of Jewish Law (Oxford University Press, 1996)

Huxley, A. (ed.), Religion, Law and Tradition (Routledge, Abingdon, 2002)

Menski, W.F., Hindu Law (Oxford University Press, 2003)

Neusner, J., and T. Sonn, Comparing Religions Through Law: Judaism and Islam (Routledge, London, 1999)

Schacht, J., An Introduction to Islamic Law (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1982)

The First Roman Consultation on Jewish and Canon Law (Gregorian University, Rome, 2006), Periodica de re canonica, XCVI (2007)

Williams, R., ‘Civil and religious law in England: a religious perspective’ (2008) Ecclesiastical Law Journal 262

15. Theology and history

Brand, C.O., and R.S. Norman (eds.), Perspectives on Church Government: Five Views of Church Polity (Boardman and Holman, Nashville, Tennessee, 2004)

Cameron, E., The European Reformation (Oxford University Press, 1991)

Chadwick, H., East and West: The Making of a Rift in the Church (Oxford University Press, 2003)

Cross, F.L., and E.A. Livingstone (eds.), The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (Oxford University Press, Revised, 2005)

Dulles, A.V., Models of the Church (2nd edn., Gill and Macmillan, Dublin, 1988)

Fahlbusch, E., J.M. Lochman, J. Mbiti, L. Pelikan and L. Vischer (eds.), Encyclopedia of Christianity (Eerdmans, Cambridge, 1997)

Komonchak, J.A., M. Collins and D.A. Lane (eds.), The New Dictionary of Theology (Gill and Macmillan, Dublin, 1987)

Lindars, B. (ed.), Law and Religion: Essays on the Place of Law in Israel and Early Christianity (Clarke, Cambridge, 1988)

MacCulloch, D., A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years (Viking, New York, 2009)

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