Canons, Bruges

A Canon of the Seminary, Sint Niklaas, Flanders.

Another Flemish canon in official clerical dress of canons.

A canon (from the Latin canonicus, itself derived from the Greek κανωνικος 'relating to a rule') is a priest who is a member of certain bodies of the Christian clergy subject to an ecclesiastical rule (canon). Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 408 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (556 × 817 pixel, file size: 93 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Canon (priest) Choir dress Metadata This... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 408 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (556 × 817 pixel, file size: 93 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Canon (priest) Choir dress Metadata This... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 522 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1342 × 1541 pixel, file size: 273 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Portret van Petrus-Ludovicus Stillemans, leraar aan het Sint-Jozefgesticht te Sint-Niklaas vanaf 1849. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 522 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1342 × 1541 pixel, file size: 273 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Portret van Petrus-Ludovicus Stillemans, leraar aan het Sint-Jozefgesticht te Sint-Niklaas vanaf 1849. ... A seminary or theological college is a specialized and often live-in higher education institution for the purpose of instructing students (seminarians) in philosophy, theology, spirituality and the religious life, usually in order to prepare them to become members of the clergy. ... Sint-Niklaas is a municipality located in the province of East Flanders, Flemish Region, Belgium. ... Flanders (Dutch: ) is a large historical region overlapping Belgium, France and the Netherlands. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (924x1296, 161 KB) old photo File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Canon (priest) Fur clothing User talk:Angie Y./Archive 3 Metadata This file contains additional information... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (924x1296, 161 KB) old photo File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Canon (priest) Fur clothing User talk:Angie Y./Archive 3 Metadata This file contains additional information... The term Flemings (Dutch: ) denotes the majority population in Flanders (the northern half of Belgium). ... Christianity percentage by country, purple is highest, orange is lowest Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch... Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given religion. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      Canon law is the term used for...

Originally, a canon was a cleric living with others in a clergyhouse or, later, in one of the houses within the precinct or close of a cathedral and ordering his life according to the orders or rules of the church. This way of life began to become common (and be referred to in manuscripts) in the eighth century. In the eleventh century, some churches required clergy thus living together to adopt the rule first proposed by Saint Augustine that they renounce private property. Those who embraced this change were known as Augustinian or regular canons, whilst those who did not were known as secular canons. A cathedral is a religious building for worship, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Roman Catholic, Anglican and some Lutheran churches, which serves as a bishops seat, and thus as the central church of a diocese. ... (7th century — 8th century — 9th century — other centuries) Events The Iberian peninsula is taken by Arab and Berber Muslims, thus ending the Visigothic rule, and starting almost 8 centuries of Muslim presence there. ... (10th century - 11th century - 12th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. ... “Augustinus” redirects here. ...

One of the functions of the cathedral canons in the Roman Catholic Church is to elect a Vicar Capitular to serve during a sede vacante period of the diocese. A vicar capitular is a provisional ordinary of a Roman Catholic diocese. ... Sede vacante is the vacancy of the episcopal see of a particular church in the Canon law of the Roman Catholic Church. ...

Secular canons

In the Catholic Church the members of the chapter of a cathedral or of a collegiate church (so called after their chapter) are canons. Depending on the title of the church, several languages use specific titles, i.e. in German Domherr in a Dom (i.e. cathedral), Stiftsherr in a prelature that has the status of a Stift (notably under a Prince of the church). This article incorporates text from the Catholic Encyclopedia, which is in the public domain. ... A cathedral is a religious building for worship, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Roman Catholic, Anglican and some Lutheran churches, which serves as a bishops seat, and thus as the central church of a diocese. ... A collegiate church was a church served and administered by a body of canons or prebendaries, similar to a cathedral, although they were not the seat of a bishop. ... The term Prince of the church is nowadays used nearly exclusively for Roman Catholic Cardinals. ...

All canons of the Church of England have been secular (that is, not professed monks) since the Reformation. Mostly, however, they are ordained (that is, priests or members of the clergy). Today, the system of canons is retained almost exclusively in connection with cathedral churches. A canon is a member of the chapter of (for the most part) priests, headed by a Dean, which is responsible for administering a cathedral or certain other churches that are styled collegiate church. The Dean and Chapter are the formal body which has legal responsibility for the Cathedral and for electing the (arch)bishop. A cathedral is a religious building for worship, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Roman Catholic, Anglican and some Lutheran churches, which serves as a bishops seat, and thus as the central church of a diocese. ... A collegiate church was a church served and administered by a body of canons or prebendaries, similar to a cathedral, although they were not the seat of a bishop. ...

Honorary canons

Canon is still used as a largely honorary title in many dioceses to senior parish priests. This is usually awarded as a recognition of long and dedicated service to the Diocese. These priests are entitled to call themselves Canon and still have a role in the administration of the cathedral. Honorary canons are members of the Chapter in name but are non-residential and receive no emoluments. Pope Pius XI blesses Bishop Stephen Alencastre as fifth Apostolic Vicar of the Hawaiian Islands in a Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace window. ... Look up compensation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Generally speaking, the canons in the Episcopal Church or the Anglican Church in the United States are of this sort, and thus are equivalent to a monsignor in the Catholic Church, often wearing the violet or violet-trimmed cassock which is associated with that rank. Monsignor is an ecclesiastical honorific title for clergy of the Roman Catholic Church. ...

Lay canons

In addition to canons who are Clerks in Holy Orders, cathedrals in the Anglican Communion may also appoint lay persons as canons. The rank of Lay Canon is especially conferred upon Diocesan Chancellors (the senior legal officer of the diocese, who is usually, though not exclusively, a lay person). In some Christian churches, the Chancellor of a diocese is a lawyer who represents the church in legal matters. ...

Canon-Professors at Oxford

§2 of The Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1995^[1] was passed for the express purpose of enabling Christ Church, Oxford to appoint not more than two Lay Canons. One of the motivations for this provision was the fact that, under the Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act 1840 (§6), the position of Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History in the University of Oxford was annexed to a Residentiary Canonry of the Cathedral, meaning that the Regius Professorship could be held only by an Anglican priest. Following the death of Peter Hinchliff in 1995 the Regius Professorship has been held by Henry Mayr-Harting, a Roman Catholic layman, from 1997 until 2003, and is due to be taken up by another lay person, Sarah Foot, in Michaelmas Term 2007. Three other Statutory Professorships, the Regius Professorship of Divinity, Lady Margaret Professorship of Divinity, and Regius Professorship of Moral and Pastoral Theology, are annexed to canonries of Christ Church and must be held by Anglican priests. College name Christ Church Named after Jesus Christ Established 1546 Sister College Trinity College Dean The Very Revd Christopher Andrew Lewis JCR President William Dorsey Undergraduates 426 MCR or GCR President {{{MCR President}}} Graduates 154 Home page Boat Club Christ Church (Latin: Ædes Christi, the temple or house of Christ... The current Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History is Sarah Foot (from Michaelmas 2007). ... The University of Oxford (usually abbreviated as Oxon. ... College name Christ Church Named after Jesus Christ Established 1546 Sister College Trinity College Dean The Very Revd Christopher Andrew Lewis JCR President William Dorsey Undergraduates 426 MCR or GCR President {{{MCR President}}} Graduates 154 Home page Boat Club Christ Church (Latin: Ædes Christi, the temple or house of Christ... The current Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History is Sarah Foot (from Michaelmas 2007). ... The current Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History is Sarah Foot (from Michaelmas 2007). ... Professor Henry Maria Robert Egmont Mayr-Harting was Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History in the University of Oxford and Lay Canon of Christ Church, Oxford from 1997 until 2003. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Michaelmas term is the first term of Oxford University, Cambridge University, LSE, University of Wales, Lampeter, Durham University, and formerly University of Newcastle upon Tynes academic year, and is the only term name shared by Oxford and Cambridge, Oxford and Lampeter and Oxford and Durham. ... The Faculty of Theology, University of Oxford, coordinates the teaching of theology at the University of Oxford, England. ... The Regius Professorship of Divinity is one of the oldest and most prestigious of the professorships at the University of Oxford and at the University of Cambridge. ... College name Christ Church Named after Jesus Christ Established 1546 Sister College Trinity College Dean The Very Revd Christopher Andrew Lewis JCR President William Dorsey Undergraduates 426 MCR or GCR President {{{MCR President}}} Graduates 154 Home page Boat Club Christ Church (Latin: Ædes Christi, the temple or house of Christ...

Minor canons

Minor canons are those clergy who are members of the cathedral's establishment and take part in the daily services but are not part of the formal Chapter. These are generally more junior clergy, who in a parish church would be serving a curacy. From the Latin curatus (compare Curator), a curate is a person who is invested with the care, or cure (cura), of souls of a parish. ...

Canons regular

Main article: Canons Regular

The members of certain religious orders in the Roman Catholic church (not to be confused with clerics regular), exclusively composed of priests, notably: Canons regular are members to certain bodies of Canons (priests) living under a rule. ...

• Canons Regular of the Lateran or St. Saviour, who seem to date back to Pope Alexander II (1063)
• Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception a congregation of Canons Regular founded in France in 1871
• Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross (The Crosiers) founded at Clair-lieu, near Huy, in Belgium, in 1211
• Confederation of Canons Regular of St Augustine
• Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines founded by St. Norbert (1120)
• Order of the Holy Cross (Canons Regular) founded in Portugal in 1131 and re-founded in 1977
• Swiss Congregation of Canons Regular of Saint Maurice of Agaune

(not to be confused with clerics regular)

Many bishops endeavoured to imitate St. Augustine and St. Eusebius, and to live a common life with the clergy of their Church. Rules taken from the sacred canons were even drawn up for their use, of which the most celebrated is that of St. Chrodegang, Bishop of Metz (766). In the tenth century, this institution declined; the canons, as the clergy attached to a church and living a common life were called, began to live separately; some of them, however resisted this relaxation of discipline, and even added poverty to their common life. This is the origin of the canons regular. Pope Benedict XII by his Constitution "Ad decorem" (15 May, 1339) prescribed a general reform of the canons regular. The canons regular ex professo united Holy orders with religious life, and being attached to a church, devoted themselves to promoting the dignity of Divine worship. With monks, Holy orders are accidental and secondary, and are superadded to the religious life; with canons as with the clerks regular, Holy orders are the principal thing, and the religious life is superadded to the Holy orders. Alexander II (died April 21, 1073), born Anselmo da Baggio , Pope from 1061 to 1073, was a native of Milan. ... The Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception are a Roman Catholic congregation which follows the Augustinian Rule, and therefore belongs to the family of Augustinian orders. ... The Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross, commonly called Crosiers (a Crosier being a Cross), are a Roman Catholic religious order, of the type of Cans regular. ... Detail of St. ... The Norbertines, also known as the Premonstratensians and in England, as the White Canons (from the color of their habit), are a Christian religious order of Augustinian canons founded at Prémontré near Laon in 1120 by Saint Norbert, afterwards archbishop of Magdeburg. ... The Premonstratensians, also called Norbertines, and in England the White Canons (from the color of their habit) are a Christian religious order of Augustinian Canons founded at Prémontré near Laon in 1120 by Saint Norbert, afterwards archbishop of Magdeburg. ... The Canons Regular of the Holy Cross of Coimbra originated in Portugal. ... Saint Chrodegang, a Frankish bishop of Metz, is also called Chrodegand, Godegrand, Gundigran, Ratgang, Rodigang and Sirigang. ... The (Roman Catholic) Diocese of Metz is an territorial subdivision of the catholic church in France. ... Benedict XII, né Jacques Fournier ( 1280s – April 25, 1342), was Pope from 1334 to 1342. ...

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Sources and Further Information

• Catholic-hierarchy
• Catholic Encyclopaedia
• Oxford English Dictionary