Open AccessEcumenism in the general law of the Catholic Church
Author(s) -
Andriy Volodymyrovych Chornenko
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
ukraïnsʹke relìgìêznavstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2617-9792
pISSN - 2306-3548
DOI - 10.32420/2017.84.794
Subject(s) - ecumenism , law , power (physics) , political science , legislature , canon law , character (mathematics) , sociology , physics , geometry , mathematics , quantum mechanics
In the article considers the main documents that contain the legal norms of the ecumenical character or the directives of the legislative power of the Catholic Church, in particular the Decrees of the Second Vatican Council and the Ecumenical Directives. The above-mentioned documents stipulate the legal relationship between the Catholics and other Christians, establish the legal basis, which contains the structure of specific church laws. The author analyzed the direct legal norms of ecumenism in the Catholic Church and characterized these documents by defining them.