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Evolution of the suicides’ right to funeral and burial in Canon Law and Polish Law

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Kaźmierski P.

Acta Iuris Stetinensis

2020

vol. 29

issue 1

49-60

For centuries, funeral law was not too favourable to suicides. Admittedly, at the dawn of Christianity this group of the deceased was not refused religious funeral celebrations or a burial, yet, the situation changed along with the Catholic religion gaining significance. At the beginning of the Middle Ages, suicides were deprived of the right to a religious funeral. Furthermore, in the 11th century the ecclesiastical legislator forbade burial for suicides in “holy places.” Until modern times, therefore, suicides were buried at a distance from grave- yards. This in practice often indicated a burial insulting human dignity. The monopoly on religious funeral regulations only ended in Europe at the end of the 18th century, when state authorities took an interest in funeral law. On Polish soil, the more enlightened regulations of the Partitioners were enforced in the 19th century. In addition, the Act on burying the de¬ceased passed in 1932 led to the necessary standardization of provisions of national funeral law, while the binding provisions of the Act on cemeteries of 1959 provided equality of rights for the deceased in the access to a place of burial at a cemetery. Finally, in the second half of the 20th century, the ecclesiastical legislator introduced amendments to the Canon Law al- lowing (in certain instances) a Catholic funeral for a suicide. The liberalization of the Canon Law provisions, therefore, exemplifies wider transformations in the spirit of the conciliar aggiornamento

Grzebanie zmarłych w świetle Kodeksu Prawa Kanonicznego z 1983 roku

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Stępień A.

Kościół i Prawo

2022

vol. 11

issue 2

121-132

Ecclesiastical funeral is a very important event for every faithful. Burial of body is not only honoring for deceased but also giving sanctification and hope to alive. In 1983 Code of Canon Law the legislator put regulations in which is defined, who can be buried with ecclesiastical funeral, where the funeral can take place and where the body can be buried. The article deals with the actual regulations in case of ecclesiastical funeral. The author discusses and analyzes norms of the canons, especially from title III part II book IV of 1983 Code of Canon Law.

Pogrzeb kościelny jest bardzo ważnym wydarzeniem dla każdego wiernego. Pochówek ciała jest nie tylko uhonorowaniem zmarłego, ale także uświęca i daje nadzieję żyjącym. W KPK/83 ustawodawca zawarł regulacje, w których określono, kto może zostać pochowany pogrzebem kościelnym, gdzie odbywa się pogrzeb i gdzie można pochować ciało. Artykuł dotyczy aktualnych regulacji w zakresie pogrzebu kościelnego. Autor omawia i analizuje normy zawarte w kanonach, w szczególności w tytule III części II księgi IV KPK/83.

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Evolution of the suicides’ right to funeral and burial in Canon Law and Polish Law

Grzebanie zmarłych w świetle Kodeksu Prawa Kanonicznego z 1983 roku