When
Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at 10:00 AM EST-to-
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at 11:30 AM EDT
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This is an online event.CHURCH LAW: The Polity and Canon Law of the Episcopal Church
“Blessed are you, O Lord, instruct me in your statutes.”
Psalm 119:12
As well as by God’s Law, our work in the Church is constrained and governed by a web of religious and secular law. For Episcopalians there are the bodies of canon law, both national and diocesan, as well as federal, state, and local ordinances and laws. When these statutes intersect, the result can be confusion and uncertainty.
To support clergy and attorneys serving in the Diocese of Long Island, the Mercer School is offering a new course:
CHURCH LAW: Polity, Law and the Episcopal Church
In this course the student will be exposed to the interplay of law and theology, the role of “law” in the church, the development of the church’s canonical tradition, and an examination of the structures and canons of this church as established by General Convention and through the lived experience of the constitution and canons of the Diocese of Long Island. In addition, we will consider the intersection of “Episcopal church law” with the varieties of secular law.
- The course will be taught by The Rev. Joseph Campo. Adjunct Professor of Canon Law, General Theological Seminary, and James Weller, Esq., Chancellor of the diocese of Long Island.
- Classes will meet online via Zoom from 10:00-11:15 am on selected Wednesdays.
- A recording of the lecture portion of each session will be posted in the Church Law section of the Mercer website for subsequent access by enrolled students.
- A full syllabus detailing dates, topics, and relevant readings for each session will also be posted in early February.
- The first session meets on February 23.
- All electronic resources, readings, books will be availalbe online via our password protected area on the Mercer website. Your password will be emailed to you after registering.
Space is limited.
For further information contact Canon Ted Gerbracht via phone
For further information contact Canon Ted Gerbracht via phone
(516-248-4800, ext,. 117) or email tgerbracht@dioceseli.org