A faculty is a legal instrument or warrant in canon law, usually an authorisation to do something.
Catholic Church
editIn the canon law of the Catholic Church, a faculty 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 validly or lawfully doing some action".[1]
Church of England
editIn 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 2015.[2] A faculty is the required permission to carry out works on the church and its curtilage; in most cases this is required instead of planning permission, although both are required for major external work. The parish has to prepare a petition for the faculty and the chancellor of the diocese may grant the faculty after due consideration.[3] Where the work is listed on Schedule 1 List A,[4] no faculty is required and where it is on List B[4] the faculty may be granted by the archdeacon rather than the chancellor.
References
edit- ^ Meehan, Andrew B. (1909), "Canonical Faculties", The Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. V, New York: Robert Appleton Company, retrieved 2008-01-05
- ^ "Faculty Jurisdiction Rules". Church of England. 2015. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- ^ Clements, Matthew (2018). Rotas, Rules and Rectors - How to Thrive being a Churchwarden. London: Matador. pp. 146–149. ISBN 978-1-78901-631-4.
- ^ a b "Faculty Jurisdiction Rules Schedule 1". Church of England. 2015. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
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