THE CHURCHMAN'S HAND-BOOK. A PRACTICAL GUIDE ON THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF RECTORS, WARDENS, VESTRYMEN, ETC., BY THOMAS RICHEY, D.D. FARIBAULT, MINN., ANDREWS, PARTIAL & HUTCHENSON. 59089 ADVERTISEMENT. It is the aim of this Compilation to furnish a practical guide in matters of Church Law and Canonical Obligation. The object aimed at has not been to set forth a complete Manual of Church Law, but to give the rules for Parish organization, etc., as they exist in the majority of our best organized Dioceses. It is hoped that the Chapters on Candidates for Orders, Standing Committees and Bishops, now added, will be found useful. Thanks are due to the many kind friends among Bishops and Clergy, as well as among the members of the legal profession, who, by their suggestions, have contributed to the value of the second edition of the Manual. The Canons of the Digest referred to throughout are the Canons of the General Convention of 1874. FARIBAULT, Jan., 1876. T. R. NATURE AND LIMITS OF A PARISH. I. -:0: OF THE NATURE AND LIMITS OF A PARISH. 1. "Parish" is an ecclesiastical term, and was first used to define the jurisdiction of a Bishop. When, in process of time, the Bishop became the administrator of a Diocese, parochial jurisdiction was given over into the hands of the Second Order of the Ministry. A Parish, then, may be defined as an ecclesiastical jurisdiction where a Priest, lawfully called and admitted, has the cure of souls. 2. Limitation of jurisdiction serves to prevent disorder. Jurisdiction, whether diocesan or parochial, is a thing of ecclesiastical arrangement, and is intended to protect the clergy against intrusion in the sphere where the Church has called them to labor. As it is not lawful for one Bishop to go into the jurisdiction of another Bishop, without consent, so the Rector of a Parish has exclusive powers within the limits assigned him. The term Parish defined. Limitation of jurisdiction and the objects served by it. |