| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
11 |
| PREFACE |
13 |
| HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION |
15 |
| CANON LAW: A GENERAL ORIENTATION |
21 |
| SACRAMENTS: GENERAL CANONICAL PRINCIPLES |
25 |
| Baptism |
27 |
| Baptism Ritual |
27 |
| Adult Baptism |
27 |
| Infant Baptism |
27 |
| Day and Place for Baptism |
27 |
| Ordinary Minister |
28 |
| Requirements for Baptism |
28 |
| Doubtful Baptism |
28 |
| Baptismal Sponsors |
29 |
| Proving Baptism |
29 |
| Recording Baptism |
29 |
| Membership in a Ritual Church |
30 |
| Baptism Into a Ritual Church |
30 |
| Ritual Church Transfer |
30 |
| Frequently Asked Questions and Answers |
32 |
| Confirmation |
37 |
| Conferral of Sacrament |
37 |
| Ordinary Minister of Sacrament |
37 |
| Eligibility for the Sacrament |
38 |
| Confirmation Sponsor |
38 |
| Registration of Sacrament |
38 |
| Frequently Asked Questions and Answers |
39 |
| Eucharist |
41 |
| Presider at Eucharist |
41 |
| Concelebration With Ministers of Other Churches |
41 |
| Distribution of Holy Communion |
41 |
| Admittance to Eucharist |
41 |
| Proper Reception of Eucharist |
42 |
| Eucharistic Celebration |
42 |
| Mass Offerings |
43 |
| Frequently Asked Questions and Answers |
44 |
| Penance |
49 |
| Individual Confession |
49 |
| General Absolution |
49 |
| Minister of the Sacrament |
50 |
| Obligation to Confess |
50 |
| Frequently Asked Questions and Answers |
51 |
| Sacred Oil |
53 |
| Anointing of the Sick |
53 |
| Sacred Anointing |
53 |
| Opportunities for Celebration |
53 |
| Minister of the Sacrament |
53 |
| Eligibility to Receive Sacrament |
54 |
| Frequently Asked Questions and Answers |
55 |
| Sacred Orders |
57 |
| Minister of the Sacrament |
57 |
| Eligibility for the Sacrament |
57 |
| Requirements for Ordination to Diaconate and |
58 |
| Presbyterate |
59 |
| Irregularities and Other Impediments |
60 |
| Impeded Simply |
60 |
| Irregularities for Those Already Ordained |
60 |
| Impeded From Exercising Orders 60 Registration and Certification of Ordination |
61 |
| Frequently Asked Questions and Answers |
62 |
| Marriage |
65 |
| Important Principles |
65 |
| The Pastoral Care of Marriage |
66 |
| Marriages That Require Permission of the Local Ordinary |
66 |
| Marriage Impediments |
67 |
| "All Is Prepared" (Omnia Parata Sunt) |
68 |
| Specific Impediments |
68 |
| Age 68 Impotence |
68 |
| Prior Bond |
69 |
| Disparity of Cult |
69 |
| Sacred Orders |
69 |
| Vow of Chastity |
70 |
| Abduction |
70 |
| Crime (Crimen) |
70 |
| Consanguinity |
70 |
| Affinity |
70 |
| Public Propriety |
70 |
| Adoption |
71 |
| Form for Marriage |
71 |
| Dispensation From Canonical Form |
71 |
| Contracting Marriage in the Presence |
72 |
| of Witnesses Alone |
72 |
| Place for Marriage Celebration |
73 |
| Recording Marriages |
73 |
| Secret Marriages |
73 |
| Convalidation of Marriage |
74 |
| Sanations |
74 |
| Authority to Grant Sanations |
75 |
| Frequently Asked Questions and Answers |
81 |
| Parishes |
81 |
| Pastor |
82 |
| Parochial Vicar |
83 |
| Pastoral Council |
83 |
| Finance Council |
83 |
| Frequently Asked Questions and Answers |
84 |
| The Diocesan Church |
87 |
| Diocesan Bishop |
87 |
| The Diocesan Synod The Diocesan Curia |
88 |
| Vicar General |
89 |
| Episcopal Vicar |
89 |
| Chancellor |
89 |
| Finance Officer |
90 |
| The Diocesan Finance Council |
90 |
| The Presbyteral Council |
90 |
| Consultors |
91 |
| Frequently Asked Questions and Answers |
92 |
| Declaration of Invalidity (Annulment) |
93 |
| Elements of Procedure |
97 |
| Possible Causes for Declaring a Marriage Invalid Officers of the Court |
97 |
| Dissolution of the Bond |
98 |
| Frequently Asked Questions and Answers Temporal Goods |
99 |
| Acquiring Temporal Goods |
100 |
| Administering Ecclesiastical Goods |
101 |
| Responsibilities of All Administrators |
103 |
| Contracts and Alienation in Particular |
104 |
| Frequently Asked Questions and Answers |
106 |
| Rights in the Church |
109 |
| Obligations and Rights of All the Christian Faithful |
109 |
| Obligations and Rights of the Laity |
110 |
| GLOSSARY |
112 |
| SUGGESTED READING |
126 |