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Canonist
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CANONIST. One well versed in canon or ecclesiastical law.
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A full accounting, no doubt, would acknowledge a distinctive Western intellectual tradition, extending from Aristotle and the Stoics through the medieval canonists to their impact on English common law.
The fragility of democracy by Dougherty, Jude P. / Modern Age
Some canonists argued on the pope's authority as "vicar of Christ," because the pope, being something more than a man, can put asunder a marriage
Divorced from Reality by O'Brien, Dennis / Commonweal
Canning traces the debates about the relationship between a corporate entity and its members to the Roman canonists like Pope Innocent IV in 1250.
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