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Church Law

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Author(s): Pirson, Dietrich | von Tiling, Peter
1. Term The church has to do its work in the world under secular conditions. It must present itself in the world as a historical entity, using secular means to ensure that it endures and does justice to its task. Thus it must have a specific constitution and specific standards of action for itself and its members. The term “church law” comprises all the provisions that serve the continued existence of the church and its life and work according to its commission. Yet this normative element, which i…