| Among Anglicans, responsibility for the good order of the Church is placed in the hands of bishops by custom, rites of ordination, and canon law. |
| According to canon law, the powers of the bishops' conference, except in matters liturgical, are almost entirely advisory. |
| Instead he matriculated in the University of Ferrara, from which he obtained a doctorate in canon law. |
| We need to accept that the situation is now outside the ambit of canon law and the control of church personnel. |
| Gratian's great contribution was to codify canon law in 1141 by making it more systematic and logical. |
| It acquires the status of canon law in a series of three church councils in the sixth and seventh centuries. |
