Canon law.

Canon Law Canon is derived from the Greek kanon, i.e. a rule or practical direction (not to speak of the other meanings of the word, such as list or catalogue), a term which soon acquired an exclusively ecclesiastical signification. In the fourth century it was applied to the ordinances of the councils, and thus contrasted with the Greek word nomoi, the ordinances of the civil authorities; the compound word "Nomocanon" was given to those collections of regulations in which the laws formulated by the two authorities on ecclesiastical matters were to be found side by side. At an early period we meet with expressions referring to the body of ecclesiastical legislation then in process of formation: canones, ordo canonicus, sanctio canonica; but the expression "canon law" (jus canonicum) becomes current only about the beginning of the twelfth century, being used in contrast with the "civil law" (jus civile), and later we have the "Corpus juris canonici", as we have the "Corpus juris Civilis". Canon law is also called "ecclesiastical law" (jus ecclesiasticum); however, strictly speaking, there is a slight difference of meaning between the two expressions: canon law denotes in particular the law of the "Corpus Juris", including the regulations borrowed from Roman law; whereas ecclesiastical law refers to all laws made by the ecclesiastical authorities as such, including those made after the compiling of the "Corpus Juris". Contrasted with the imperial or Caesarian law (jus caesareum), canon law is sometimes styled pontifical law (jus pontificium), often also it is termed sacred law (jus sacrum), and sometimes even Divine law (jus divinum: c. 2, De privil.), as it concerns holy things, and has for its object the wellbeing of souls in the society divinely established by Jesus Christ. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09056a.htm

Canon Law.

The name of the body of laws that govern the Catholic Church is called Canon law.

Doctrine? Dogma? Bulls*it? (sorry, couldn't resist)..J/K, all you christians!!

My church is governed by three bodies of laws. Above all of them is the ELCA national charter and constitution. Below that is the Indiana/Kentucky Synod Charter and constitution. Lastly we are ruled by our own congregational constitution.

The 10 commandments?

Religious Doctrine.... maybe? Dogma is the established belief or doctrine held by a religion, ideology or any kind of organization.

Canon Law.

The bible

Canon Law is a body of laws established within Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, independent churches of Eastern Christianity, and the Anglican Communion for church governance. Canon law concerns the constitution of the church, relations between it and other bodies, and matters of internal discipline. The ecclesiastical lawyer and teacher Gratian published the first definitive collection of Roman Catholic canon law c. 1140; the Decretum Gratiani drew on older local collections, councils, Roman law, and church fathers. The enlarged Corpus juris canonici (“Body of Canon Law”) was published in 1500. A commission of cardinals issued the new Codex juris canonici (“Code of Canon Law”) in 1917, and a revised version was commissioned after the Second Vatican Council and published in 1983. Following the Schism of 1054, the Eastern Orthodox church developed its own canon law under the patriarch of Constantinople. The Anglican, Coptic, and Ethiopian Orthodox churches also formulated their own collections. Encyclopedia Britannica

I think they are called tenets.

The Ten Commandments Is that what you mean? All different denominations have different things that guide them. Catholics have the pope and things like Papal decrees. Lutherans have the Book of Concord. Methodists have something with John Wesley. That's just three examples. There's a lot more.

The canons?

The bible?

Canon Law is the name of the body of laws governing the church.

the bible :P

Code of Canon law. The Roman Catholic church teaches that Canon law is equal to the bible in importance and should be obeyed equally with the bible.

clergy?

im pritty sure its the 10 commandments (smart one):l