Faculty (instrument) 2358878 182393167 2008-01-05T22:26:25Z MishaPan 2893227 Expand sentence 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]] | editor-last = | editor-first = | volume =V | pages = | place=New York | publisher =Robert Appleton Company | id = | 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== {{Reflist}} ==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) {{law-stub}}