Canons, the

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | 671 words | Copyright

Canons, the. The main body of canonical legislation in the C of E after the Reformation was long the Book of Canons passed by the Convocation of Canterbury in 1604 and that of York in 1606. The subjects covered included the conduct of Divine service and the administration of the sacraments, the duties and behaviour of clerics, the care of churches, and ecclesiastical courts. Apart from the section of Canon 113 dealing with the seal of confession (which remained unrepealed), the 17th-cent. canons have now been superseded by a new set, promulgated in two parts, in 1964 and 1969. They cover much the same ground and are revised from time to time by the General Synod.

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