canon law

ordinances and regulations made by Church leadership for the government of a Christian organization or church and its members
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canon law

Summary

canon law is an area of law[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of area_of_law entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,238 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • canon law's instance of is recorded as area of law[3].
  • canon law's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[4].
  • canon law's instance of is recorded as academic major[5].
  • canon law is a type of law[6].
  • canon law is a type of religious law[7].
  • canon law is part of ecclesiastical law[8].
  • canon law's Commons category is recorded as Canon law[9].
  • canon law's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Canon law[10].
  • canon law's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[11].
  • canon law's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Political Theory[12].
  • canon law's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[13].
  • canon law's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14].
  • canon law's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
  • canon law's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[16].
  • canon law's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[17].
  • canon law's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • canon law's partially coincident with is recorded as Law of Vatican City[19].
  • canon law's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://christianity.stackexchange.com/tags/canon-law[20].
  • canon law's different from is recorded as ecclesiastical law[21].
  • canon law's practiced by is recorded as canon law jurist[22].

Body

Publication

canon law is part of ecclesiastical law[8].

Why It Matters

canon law ranks in the top 4% of area_of_law entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,238 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source Nordisk familjebok, Encyclopedia of Political Theory, Otto's encyclopedia +5
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  2. 3d ago · XeNivalys · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 d/derecho-canonico
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14483]]: d/derecho-canonico, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779859433286"
  3. 12d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of ecclesiastical law
    Subclass of law, religious law
    Instance of
    Part of
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 15409, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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