The Right to Associate—on the Part of the Clergy [C.278] and of the Laity [C. 1374]

Adolfo Dacanay

The Right to Associate—on the Part of the Clergy [C.278] and of the Laity [C. 1374]

Authors

Adolfo Dacanay

Keywords:

Code of Canon Law, Right to Associate, Clergy, Laity, Masonry

Abstract

This short study on the right to associate in canon law is divided into three unequal parts: (1) the right of clerics affirmed in C. 278; and (2) the “restriction” of this right of the Catholic laity by C. 1374 (masonry); and (3) a footnote on masonry in the Philippines.

Author Biography

Adolfo Dacanay

Fr. Adolfo N. Dacanáy, S.J., entered the Society of Jesus in 1977 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1983. He obtained his doctorate in Canon Law from the Pontifical Gregorian University (Rome) in 1989. He teaches undergraduate and graduate theology at the Ateneo de Manila University, Canon Law on the Sacraments at the Don Bosco School of Theology (Parañaque), and serves as a judge in the ecclesiastical tribunals of the Archdiocese of Manila, and of the Dioceses of Pasig and Lucena. His previous works include Canon Law on Marriage: Introductory Notes and Comments (2000) and The Sacraments of Initiation: A Commentary on Canons 849-958 of the Code of Canon Law (2006).

The Right to Associate—on the Part of the Clergy [C.278] and of the Laity [C. 1374]