ordinary
Let an agent explain the ordinary as a canonical office, relay who holds ordinary jurisdiction and what it covers from canon law sources, describe the term across churches, and distinguish the ecclesiastical ordinary from the Ordinary of the Mass, from legal senses and from the everyday adjective.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What an ordinary is.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is an ordinary in canon law, and how does ordinary jurisdiction differ from delegated jurisdiction? definition
- Is the question about the church office, the Ordinary of the Mass, a legal sense or the adjective? boundary
Holders
Who holds it.
Holders
Holders.
- Which offices hold ordinary jurisdiction, from diocesan bishops to vicars general and major superiors? definition
- Which entry fits the specific office? action
Law Canon law.
Powers
Powers.
Powers
Powers.
- What authority does an ordinary exercise over clergy, sacraments, discipline and property? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Eastern
Eastern churches.
Eastern
Eastern.
- How do the Eastern Catholic codes and Orthodox practice treat hierarchs and ordinaries? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Churches Across churches.
Anglican
Anglican and Lutheran use.
Anglican
Anglican.
- How do Anglican and Lutheran churches use the term ordinary? provenance
- Which entry fits Anglican polity? action
Special
Special ordinaries.
Special
Special.
- What are personal ordinariates and military ordinariates? provenance
- Which entry fits personal ordinariate? action
Context Homonyms and history.
Homonyms
Other senses.
Homonyms
Homonyms.
- What are the Ordinary of the Mass and the ordinary judge? provenance
- Which entry fits Ordinary of the Mass? action
History
History.
History
History.
- How did the concept of ordinary jurisdiction develop in medieval canon law? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of canon law? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.PER
What it is Filled
In canon law and church governance, an officer who holds ordinary jurisdiction by virtue of office rather than by delegation, chiefly the diocesan bishop over a diocese, together with those equivalent to him such as vicars general and, in religious institutes, major superiors, and in Anglican and Lutheran contexts similar office holders; the ordinary has authority over clergy, sacraments, discipline and administration within the jurisdiction, and the word also names the fixed parts of the Mass and an unspecialised judge in some legal systems.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain the ordinary as a canonical office, relay who holds ordinary jurisdiction and what it covers from canon law sources, describe the term across churches, and distinguish the ecclesiastical ordinary from the Ordinary of the Mass, from legal senses and from the everyday adjective.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Jurisdiction by office
- Diocesan bishop as primary case
- Canon law definition
- Homonyms
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Confuse the office with the liturgical or everyday senses of ordinary.
- Assume every ordinary is a bishop.
- Attribute decisions or statements to an ordinary without a source.
- Impersonate an ordinary or a diocese in communications.
Only with a human decision
- Contacting a church authority on someone's behalf about a canonical matter.
May
- Explain ordinary jurisdiction in canon law and who holds it, citing church law sources.
- Name the current ordinary of a diocese or institute from official church sources.
Moral aspects Filled
- Ordinaries hold authority over clergy and the faithful, including in cases of abuse, where accountability matters.
- Church governance is a matter for the religious community and should be described respectfully.
Who is affected
- Clergy and the faithful
- Survivors of clergy abuse
Owners Filled
Steward
The church that appoints to the office under its own law.
Master systems
- Official church directories and yearbooks
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q831474 - registry parent class
related
- presbyter - in registry terms, though bishops are the typical case
- Code of Canon Law - canon 134
- diocesan bishop - the local ordinary
- Ordinary of the Mass - a liturgical homonym
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.ordinary-q1638918
- Wikidata: Q1638918 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1638918)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- Catholic dioceses: about 3000 count - worldwide
- key canons: canons 134 and 381 of the 1983 Code reference
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Holder of ordinary jurisdiction in a church
- Diocesan bishops, vicars general, major superiors, personal ordinaries
- The Ordinary of the Mass is a liturgical term; an ordinary judge is a civil sense; the adjective is everyday usage
- Not a visible object; a church office holder.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the office
- relay who holds it and what it covers
- describe use across churches
- distinguish other senses
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Confusing the office with the liturgical or everyday senses
- Assuming all ordinaries are bishops
- Registry parent presbyter does not fit bishops
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- 1983 Code of Canon Law and the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches
- Anglican and Lutheran church constitutions
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; an office.
- diocesan bishops as local ordinaries
- vicars general and episcopal vicars
- major superiors of religious institutes
- ordinaries of personal ordinariates and military ordinariates
- ordinaries in Anglican and Lutheran churches
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q1638918: ordinary - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Ordinary (church officer) - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should diocesan bishop and personal ordinariate be separate primary entries?
- How should canon law sources be linked?
- How should the homonyms be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q1638918/spec.json