THE SACRED MONASTERY
OF THE EXALTATION OF THE
HOLY CROSS

The word "canon" comes from the Greek word which means "rule" or "measure" or the "straight edge" against which something is measured.  The Canons are sometimes loosely and superficially distinguished as "dogmatic" and "disciplinary". The dogmatic canons are those which define a doctrine or distinguish a true from a false doctrine. Disciplinary canons deal with matters of Church order. It is usually understood that the "dogmatic" canons have disciplinary implications, and that disciplinary canons are derived from the practical implications of dogma.

Orthodox Canon Law

Note: See the links to the Ecumenical Councils listed above under Orthodox Theology for furthers texts from the Canonical Tradition

• The Canonical Tradition of the Orthodox Church: A comprehensive but concise explanation of origins and characteristics of Orthodox Canon Law.


• The Quinisext Council (In Trullo): The 102 Canons with excurses from Volume 14
  
• Caesropapism?: Theodore Balsamon on the Powers of the Patriarch of Constantinople: Select commentaries by said Balsamon concerning the relations between Emperor and Patriarch.






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EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS MONASTERY
322 00 THEBES BOEOTIA, GREECE.
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