06 Jul 2023
On Wednesday 5 July 2023, the Rt Revd Dr Martin Warner, Bishop of Chichester and Vice-Chair of the Ecclesiastical Law Society, delivered a London lecture on the ‘Bishop in Parliament’. The wide-ranging and stimulating lecture cited the wartime...
03 Jul 2023
The Ecclesiastical Law Society is pleased to announce the publication of the Report of its Working Party on the Seal of Confession. This was established in response to the House of Bishops’ invitation for contributions towards the work of their own Working Party on...
27 Jun 2023
Niels Valdemar Vinding, PhD, LLM (Canon law) from the University of Copenhagen writes: In mid-May, a small delegation of Danish university researchers and social field practitioners had the distinct pleasure to visit religious courts and councils in London. Our...
11 Jun 2023
On Saturday 10 June 2023, the Ecclesiastical Law Society’s Thirty-fifth Annual Conference took place at St Peter’s Eaton Square in London. The subject was ‘Sacred Space and Contested Heritage’, and the speakers were the Rt Rev’d Dr John Inge,...
11 Jun 2023
The Revd Stephen Coleman, trustee of the ELS, and the Revd Russell Dewhurst, Communications Officer, have been introducing ordinands to the canon law of the Church of England at TEIs (Theological Education Institutions) across the Church of England. The seminar...
04 May 2023
The President, trustees and officers of the Ecclesiastical Law Society share in the joy of the nation and Commonwealth at this time of celebration and thanksgiving. We rejoice as the King is crowned and the Church of England prays for its Supreme Governor. As much of...
