Personal Union (CIC)

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The personal union regulates the cooperation of particular churches .

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In the law of the Roman Catholic Church (see Codex Iuris Canonici ) there are two forms of closer cooperation between two or more particular churches below the merger into a single particular church. Personnel unions were and are a rarity in the Roman Catholic Church worldwide and can only but do not have to be concluded within the same ecclesiastical province .

In persona episcopi

Unio in persona episcopi (union in the person of the bishop) is the Latin expression that denotes a form of union of two or more particular churches. These particular churches are led by a single Ordinary , but do not experience any change in their internal structure (e.g. seminaries , cathedrals , canons ). This personal union is the loosest form of union, which can be temporary, but can also be an intermediate step on the way to a complete union.

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Aeque principaliter

Unio aeque principaliter (union with equal rights) is a technical term used to denote a union of two or more particular churches. In order to avoid questions about the position of power, the partners are to be regarded as "equally important". Such a union often followed a unio in persona episcopi (personal union in the person of the bishop).

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