The Daily Question
Canon Law of the Catholic Church is the system of laws and legal principles
made and enforced by the hierarchical authorities of the Catholic Church
to regulate its external organization and government and to order and
direct the activities of Catholics toward the mission of the Church.
Who is the Benedictine monk who is acclaimed as the 'Father of Canon Law'?
made and enforced by the hierarchical authorities of the Catholic Church
to regulate its external organization and government and to order and
direct the activities of Catholics toward the mission of the Church.
Who is the Benedictine monk who is acclaimed as the 'Father of Canon Law'?
1. Augustine of Hippo
2. Franciscus Gratianus
3. St Bernard of Clairvaux
4. St John of Capistrano
2. Franciscus Gratianus
3. St Bernard of Clairvaux
4. St John of Capistrano
Your answer was: Franciscus Gratianus
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Answer: The Benedictine monk, Franciscus Gratianus, devoted his life to studying Canon Law. His work was an attempt, using early scholastic method, to solve seemingly contradictory canons from previous centuries. Gratianus quoted a great number of authorities, including the Bible, papal and conciliar legislation, church fathers such as Augustine of Hippo, and secular law in his efforts to reconcile the canons. Gratianus found a place in Dante's Paradise among the doctors of the Church, and he was long acclaimed as "Father of Canon Law".
Gratianus’s 'Decretum', a collection of nearly 3,800 texts touching on all areas of church discipline and regulation, was compiled by the Benedictine monk around 1140. It soon became the basic text on which the masters of canon law lectured and commented in the universities.
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Gratianus’s 'Decretum', a collection of nearly 3,800 texts touching on all areas of church discipline and regulation, was compiled by the Benedictine monk around 1140. It soon became the basic text on which the masters of canon law lectured and commented in the universities.
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