The article deals with the origin, the development of relevant regulation and today’s legislation of this extraordinary method of absolution, i.e. granting absolution to several penitents at once without prior individual confession, in the form of collective absolution, and pastoral comments ...

In his article, the autor comments on the fundamental changes introduced to the canon substantive criminal law by the Apostolic Constitution of Pope Francis Pascite gregem Dei of 23rd May 2021. After the reform of the matrimonial legal process in 2015, this is the second ...

In his article, the autor gives a brief classification of various texts of religious rules, which are usually associated with autorship of St. Aurelius Augustinus. The aim of the article is mainly to classify and explain the individual titles of these texts (Ordo monasterii, P...

In his article, the autor recapitulates the history of the institution of religious canonesses and outlines their canonical position in canon law in effect – both general and particular (in the so-called own law – ius proprium). Finally, he mentions the restoration of the only...

The article deals with a tragic fate of an attorney Samuel Nagel who committed suicide in August 1887. The young and promising lawyer who became rich by advantageous marriage and by inheritance from his mother and aunt didn’t treat these assets properly. The desire to mul...

In his article, the author focusses on the legal handbook of the former bishop of Paderborn Konrad Martin „Catechism of Roman Catholic Church Law“ (1875). Bishop Martin defends (in the middle of Bismarcks´Germany) the thesis about the inalienable rigt of the church to its own&...

The article deals with the issue of distinguishing between detention and possession in Czech private law. For Czechoslovak law, the blurring of the difference between possession and detention has been typical for the last 50 years. For example, the possessor and the detentor are&#x...

The article deals with the relationship and interaction of Roman and canon law. The first part (Introduction to Roman Law) describes the developmental stages of Roman law and its "second life" (the process of its reception). The second part (Roman Law and the Law of&...

Article named „Jurist and Cino da Pistoia or from times of glossators to commentators" deals with the transition from times of first medieval reception school Of Roman law (legal school of glossators) to the following period of legal school ofcommentators. The article shows th...

The article describes the restitution process that took place after 1945 in Czechoslovakia in relation to the property occupied in 1939-1945 in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia for the creation of German military exercise areas. They were supposed to be used for the Ger...

The article deals with the influence of Roman law on the canon law, as it is regulated in CIC 1983. The principle of ecclesia semper vivit lege Romana, according to the author of the article, is a proclamation rather than an expression of the current state. It e...

This article describes the origin, content and consequences of the treaty of Munich of 8th October 1619. This treaty was concluded between Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II and the Bavarian Duke Maximilian I. Under this agreement, Bavaria helped reactivatethe Catholic League, which provid...