RT Article T1 Les circonscriptions ecclésiastiques ou communautés hiérarchiques de l'Église catholique JF Ephemerides theologicae Lovanienses VO 81 IS 4 SP 435 OP 467 A1 Schouppe, Jean-Pierre 1955- LA French YR 2005 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1645768503 AB Abstract der Zeitschrift: The notion of "ecclesiastical circumscription" is commonly used, notably in the "Annuario Pontificio", but it deserves to be more carefully studied at the theoretical level. This study specifies the ecclesiological context and canonical relevance of such "circumscriptions" and highlights its common characteristics. It reflects on the double phenomenon of the pluri-belonging of the faithful to different circumscriptions and the plurality of competitive jurisdictions of prelates. A typology of Catholic (Latin and Oriental) "circumscriptions" is then proposed. In the second part, the author considers the concept of "hierarchical community". After an examination of whether or not the concepts "ecclesiastical circumscription" and "hierarchical community" are equivalent in the light of the French canonical literature, he argues in favour of the concept of "hierarchical community", specifying the importance of giving the latter concept the same meaning as ecclesiastical circumscription. It is indeed important to prevent any unjustified reduction of the phenomenon of hierarchical communities present in Canon Law K1 Katholische Kirche : Codex iuris canonici : 1983 : can. 372 K1 Katholische Kirche : Codex iuris canonici : 1983 : can. 102 K1 Katholische Kirche : Codex iuris canonici : 1983 : can. 107, §2 K1 Katholische Kirche : Codex iuris canonici : 1983 : can. 204, §1 K1 Katholische Kirche : Codex iuris canonici : 1983 : can. 213 K1 Katholische Kirche : Codex iuris canonici : 1983 : can. 294 K1 Katholische Kirche : Codex iuris canonici : 1983 : can. 298 K1 Katholische Kirche : Codex iuris canonici : 1983 : can. 371, §2 K1 Katholische Kirche : Codex iuris canonici : 1983 : can. 372, §2 K1 Katholische Kirche : Codex iuris canonici : 1983 : can. 374 K1 Katholische Kirche : Codex iuris canonici : 1983 : can. 368 K1 Katholische Kirche : Codex iuris canonici : 1983 : can. 369 K1 Katholische Kirche : Codex iuris canonici : 1983 : can. 518 K1 Katholische Kirche : Codex iuris canonici : 1983 : can. 566 K1 Katholische Kirche : Codex iuris canonici : 1983 : can. 568 K1 Verfassungsrecht K1 Personalitätsprinzip K1 Teilkirche K1 Ortskirche K1 Personalprälatur K1 Territorialitätsprinzip K1 Person K1 Gläubige K1 Hierarchische Verfassung