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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.
Norman Doe, an eminent Anglican canonist and professor at Cardiff University and director of its Centre for Law and Religion, drafted the document as part of the Network's mandate from the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC).
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
 
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