Faculty (instrument)
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A '''faculty''' is a [[legal instrument]] or [[Warrant (law)|warrant]] in [[canon law]], especially a [[judicial]] or [[quasi-judicial]] warrant from an [[ecclesiastical court]] or [[tribunal]].
In the [[Roman Catholic Church]], it is "the authority, [[privilege]], or permission, to perform an act or function. In a broad sense, a faculty is a certain power, whether based on one's own [[right]], or received as a favour from another, of [[valid]]ly or [[lawful]]ly doing some action."<ref>{{Citation
| last =Meehan
| first =Andrew B.
| author-link =
| contribution =Canonical Faculties
| year =1909
| title =[[The Catholic Encyclopedia]]
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| volume =V
| pages =
| place=New York
| publisher =Robert Appleton Company
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| url = http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05748a.htm
| accessdate =2008-01-05}}
</ref> The most common use of the term is in the context of 'priestly faculties', which is the permission given to a priest by his [[diocesan bishop]] or [[religious superior]], legally permitting him to perform the [[Sacrament]]s. Normally, a priest's faculties only permit him to celebrate within his own [[diocese]] or [[religious order]].
In the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] a bishop formally grants priestly faculties by giving a priest [[chrism]] and an [[antimension]]. He may withdraw faculties by demanding the return of these items.
In the [[Church of England]] (whose canons have the status of national law) the "faculty jurisdiction" is set out in the Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1991, and the Faculty Jurisdiction Rules 2000.
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/uk-church-measures/1991/Ukcm_19910001_en_1.htm Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure]
* [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2000/20002047.htm#7#7 Faculty Jurisdiction Rules]
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05748a.htm "Canonical Faculties"] article from ''[[The Catholic Encyclopedia]]'' (1909)
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