(or Canon Law) The law of the church, containing the various rules, ecclesiastical decrees and definitions concerning the faith or the life style of Orthodox Christians The Canons generally provide for all administrative or disciplinary questions that might arise in the Church, and, consequently, are not infallible but can be changed or re-interpreted by an Ecumenical Council See also the article on the Canon Law of the Orthodox Church
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A body of writing that is recognised by authority Books of holy scripture accepted by religious leaders as genuine are cannonical, as are works of a literary author which are regarded by scholars as authentic The canon of a national literature is the body of writings particularly approved by critics and anthologists which are deemed suitable for academic study The most famous canon is the Western Canon containing literature by DWEMs (Dead White European Males) E
The method of composition for several voices in which different voices sing the same melody, one after the other, in either the same or different degrees of the scale
{i} church law; accepted principle, criterion; list of Christian saints; books of the Bible recognized by the Christian church; clergyman, religious cleric; (Music) contrapuntal piece of music in which one musical line of a melody is imitated in an accurate manner in other parts
The collection of books received as genuine Holy Scriptures, called the sacred canon, or general rule of moral and religious duty, given by inspiration; the Bible; also, any one of the canonical Scriptures
the title of a priest who serves on the staff cathedral, except that the head staff priest of the cathedral is the dean; the canon is addressed as "The Rev Canon Jane H Wilson" Salutation in letter: "Dear Canon Wilson" or "Dear Ms Wilson"
or "unchanging [rule of] prayer," similar to "anaphora " The core part of the Mass wherein is enacted the whole remembrance of Christ's ministry, suffering, death, resurrection, and ascension, including the consecration of the Body and Blood of Christ In W Rite, it does not begin until the "Thee, therefore," since the preface after "Lift up your hearts" continually changes It concludes with the singing of the Our Father
when applied to an individual author, canon means the sum total of works verifiably written by that author When used generally, it means the range of works that a consensus of scholars, teachers, and readers of a particular time and culture consider "great" or "major " This second sense of the word is a matter of much debate since the literary canon in Europe and America has long been dominated by the works of white heterosexual men During the last thirty years, the canon in the United States has expanded considerably to include more women and writers from various ethnic and racial backgrounds Close Window
The word canon comes from the name of a reed that grows straight enough that it can be used as a measuring stick Therefore, a canon is a standard or norm The by-laws of the ancient Church were called canons When we speak of the canon of scripture, we mean the standard list of books that are recognized by the Church as Holy Scripture
a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy; "the neoclassical canon"; "canons of polite society"
in ancient times, an historical record of events In modern astronomy, a canon is a listing of celestial events, such as eclipses, over a period of time
a type of counterpoint where one musical phrase is played at the same time as itself at another interval in time, the first voice is called the antecedent and the second the consequent
The authorized collection of material constituting the sacred writings of a religious community; the material is believed to have special, usually divine, authority; the Hebrew Bible is the canon of the Jewish community; the Old and New Testaments (respectively with and without the Apocrypha) are the canon of the Roman Catholic and Protestant Christian communities See Introduction
A canon is a member of the clergy who is on the staff of a cathedral. Musical form and compositional technique. Canons are characterized by having a melody that is imitated at a specified time interval by one or more parts, either at the same pitch or at some other pitch. Imitation may occur in the same note values, in augmentation (longer notes), or in diminution (shorter notes); in retrograde order (beginning at its end), mirror inversion (each ascending melodic interval becoming a descending interval, and vice versa), or retrograde mirror inversion; and so on. Canons range from folk rounds such as "Three Blind Mice" and "Frère Jacques" to the massively complex canons of Johann Sebastian Bach
In a literary sense, the authoritative works of a particular writer; also, an accepted list of works perceived to represent a cultural, ideological, historical, or biblical grouping Sidelight: Other literary groupings or collections include sonnet sequences, lyric sequences, cycles, companion poems, and anthologies
From the Greek meaning a "rule" or "standard " In architecture it is a standard of proportion In literature it is the authentic list of an author's works In music it is the melodic line sung by overlapping voices in strict imitation In religious terms it represents the authentic books in the Bible or the authoritative prayer of the Eucharist in the Mass or the authoritative law of the church promulgated by ecclesiastical authority
The works considered factual or official, usually within a specific franchise, which defines events, characters, etc. that are considered to have existence within the fictional universe
The term comes from the Greek word kannon, that means "measuring rod or ruler " In the Church we speak of canon law, the canon of Scripture, and people called canons The canon of Scripture refers to the books of the Bible that are accepted as genuine and inspired by God When used in reference to people, a canon is the title of a priest who either serves on the staff of a cathedral, or who has exhibited exemplary service to a diocese
A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted by a council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; a decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by ecclesiastical authority
(Gr "rule, measure, standard") The Canon of the scriptures or the official list of books recognized by the church as genuine and inspired by God The Canon of Matins (a collection of hymns consisting of nine odes, the Heirmos, and sung at the Matins Service, the Orthros) The Liturgical Canon which refers to all liturgical material, including the Creed, used for the Liturgy and the consecration of the Eucharist (see also kanon and Typikon)
From the Greek word for measuring rod, this refers among other meanings to the rule by which something was judged, and particularly to the official list of books judged to be authoritative scriptures by a given community The Protestant canon of the Old Testament largely follows the Jewish canon It is therefore smaller than the Catholic canon, which includes several of the extra books found in the early Greek translation of scripture, the Septuagint (see Comparison of Jewish and Christian Canons) The Eastern Orthodox churches, which still use the actual Greek version of the Old Testament, recognize all of the Septuagint's extra books in their canon
a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy; "the neoclassical canon"; "canons of polite society"
[ 'ka-n&n ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin, from Latin, ruler, rule, model, standard, from Greek kanOn.