Particular Laws of the Syro-Malabar Church

Authors

  • Varghese Koluthara Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram

Keywords:

Common Law, Genesis of Particular Laws, History of the Codification, Sources, Statutes, Palliyogam, St. Thomas Christians

Abstract

The author presents a picture of the newly promulgated Code of Particular Law of the Syro- Malabar Church in a single volume on 3 December 2013. He indicates the provisions for particular law in CCEO tracing back to the genesis of particular laws. He sketches the structure of the Code of Particular Law of the Syro-Malabar Church, highlighting codification process, explaining its preamble sketching on the chequered history of the Church, its juridical sources. Finally he reviews the promulgated particular laws, statutes of various organs of administration and guidelines for the diverse institutes of the Syro-Malabar Church. Each section is concluded with the author’s observations indicating the room for further improvement.

This article was originally presented at the Conference of the International Society for the Law of the Eastern Churches held in Bari, Italy in September 2013.

Author Biography

Varghese Koluthara, Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram

Varghese Koluthara CMI, a member of the Syro-Malabar Church, born in 1953 in Kerala, India, was ordained priest in the Congregation of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI) in 1983. He holds Master’s Degree in Theology (MTh.) from Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram (DVK), Bangalore and LLB and BA from Bangalore University. He did Licentiate in Lateran University and Doctorate in Canon Law from the Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome. At present he serves as Ordinary Professor at DVK. He is an executive member of the International Society for the Law of the Eastern Churches (Vienna) since 1999 and of the Canon Law Society of India since 2008. He is a consultor of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts (Vatican) since 2008. He serves in the Bangalore Archdiocese as a collegiate Judge of its Marriage Tribunal and as the Chairman of the Conciliation Committee. He has published a book titled Rightful Autonomy of Religious Institutes and published many articles in national and international journals.

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Published

2020-08-02

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 2 (2013): Iustitia: Dharmaram Journal of Canon Law

Section

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