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Canonist  n.  A professor of canon law; one skilled in the knowledge and practice of ecclesiastical law.





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"Canonist" Quotes from Famous Books



... ultimate command. Transcending all customs, and supreme over all enactments, rose the sovereign majesty of natural law, which is one and indivisible, and runs through all creation. 'All custom,' writes Gratian, the great canonist, 'and all written law, that are adverse to natural law, are to be counted null and void.' Here, in this conception of a natural law upholding all creation, we may find once more a Stoic legacy to the Christian Church. 'Men ...
— The Unity of Civilization • Various


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