ecclesiastical court system
C30064
concept
An ecclesiastical court system is a hierarchical network of church-run tribunals that adjudicate matters of doctrine, discipline, and religious law within a particular faith community.
Observed surface forms (6)
- Jewish religious court ×2
- Church of Scotland court ×1
- ecclesiastical law case ×1
- judicial institution of the Catholic Church ×1
- kirchliches Rechtssystem ×1
- presbyterian church court ×1
Instances (9)
- Church of Scotland court system
- Roman Inquisition via concept surface "judicial institution of the Catholic Church"
- beit din via concept surface "Jewish religious court"
- beth din via concept surface "Jewish religious court"
- Presbytery of the Church of Scotland via concept surface "presbyterian church court"
- Presbytery of Angus via concept surface "Church of Scotland court"
- English ecclesiastical courts
- Auchterarder case via concept surface "ecclesiastical law case"
- Gesetzgebung der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche in Bayern via concept surface "kirchliches Rechtssystem"