A Practical Commentary to the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches

Two Volume Set

The two-volume Practical Commentary on theCode of Canons of the Eastern Churches is thework of canonists and experts of the Easternand Latin Churches. The editors are two well-known canonists, John D. Faris and Jobe Abbass,OFM Conv. The work provides both the Latin and Englishtranslation of the 1990 Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium and the updates of the 2015Mitis et Misericors Iesus and takes into accountthe provisions of the 2016 De Concordia interCodices. English translations of documents relevant to the promulgation of the Eastern Codeare included. Along with a canon-by-canoncommentary, the Practical Commentary includesreferences to Nuntia and the iter of each canon,tables of corresponding canons, an analyticalindex, and a table indicating the sources referred to in the Code.