Investiture, Canonical

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• Canonical Investiture —     Canonical Investiture     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Canonical Investiture     (Lat. investitura, from investire, to clothe.)     Canonical Investiture is the act by which a suzerain granted a fief to his vassal, and the ceremonies which… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Canonical Institution —     Canonical Institution     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Canonical Institution     (Lat. institutio, from instituere, to establish)     In its widest signification, Canonical Institution denotes any manner, in accordance with canon law, of… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Canonical institution — (from the Latin institutio , from instituere , to establish) is a technical term of the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church, meaning in practice an institution having full recognition and status within the Church.BeneficesIn its widest… …   Wikipedia

• Investiture Controversy — A medieval king investing a bishop with the symbols of office. By Philip Van Ness Myers, 1905 The Investiture Controversy or Investiture Contest[1] was the most significant conflict between Church and state in medieval Europe. In the 11th and… …   Wikipedia

• Roman Catholicism — the faith, practice, and system of government of the Roman Catholic Church. [1815 25] * * * Largest single Christian denomination in the world, with some one billion members, or about 18% of the world s population. The Roman Catholic church has… …   Universalium

• canon law — canon lawyer. the body of codified ecclesiastical law, esp. of the Roman Catholic Church as promulgated in ecclesiastical councils and by the pope. [1300 50; ME] * * * Body of laws established within Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy,… …   Universalium

• Gregory VII, Saint — orig. Hildebrand born 1020, near Soana, Papal States died May 25, 1085, Salerno, Principality of Salerno; canonized 1606; feast day May 25 Pope (1073–85). Educated in a monastery in Rome where his uncle was abbot, he rose to become a cardinal and …   Universalium

• Gregorian Reform —       eleventh century religious reform movement associated with its most forceful advocate, Pope Gregory VII (Gregory VII, Saint) (reigned 1073–85). Although long associated with church state conflict, the reform s main concerns were the moral… …   Universalium

• History of Christianity — Church history redirects here. For the journal, see American Society of Church History#Church History. For the magazine, see Christianity Today#Christian History. Church historian redirects here. For LDS official church historian, see Church… …   Wikipedia

• Conflict of Investitures —     Conflict of Investitures     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Conflict of Investitures     (Ger. Investiturstreit.)     The terminus technicus for the great struggle between the popes and the German kings Henry IV and Henry V, during the period 1075 …   Catholic encyclopedia