EXHUMATION IN THE LIGHT OF THE CANON LAW Cover Image

EKSHUMACJA W ŚWIETLE PRAWA KANONICZNEGO
EXHUMATION IN THE LIGHT OF THE CANON LAW

Author(s): Marek Story
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Evaluation research, Canon Law / Church Law, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Instytut Teologiczno-Pastoralny im. św. Józefa Sebastiana Pelczara w Rzeszowie
Keywords: exhumation; cemetery; the beatification process; Congregation for the Causes of Saints; health inspector; diocesan bishop;

Summary/Abstract: Human being has always been a religious being and faith, regardless of its form, has not only obliged them to bury the dead, but also to protect their remains from being destroyed by animals or other human beings. In its regulations, the current Code of the Canon Law does not directly speak about the exhumation. However, exhumation is referred to in a variety of legal regulations issued by the particular church in the form of instructions issued by some of the Polish dioceses, as well as regulations provided by the administrators of particular denominational cemeteries. While speaking about exhumation, it is important to stress that in the light of the canon law it mainly takes place during the beatification process and is a requirement of the canonization law which should happen during that process in the diocese or before the beatification of the servant of God.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 25
  • Page Range: 405-415
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish
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