Personal law applies to which of the following?

Personal law applies to which of the following?

• A. Specific persons or groups wherever they are
• B. Geographic area of a country
• C. The Church as a whole
• D. Only bishops or priests

Answer: (A)

Personal law follows the person. It governs individuals or groups because of their status, not because of where they happen to be. In canon law, rules tied to being a bishop, a religious, or a member of a particular institute travel with the person wherever they go, rather than being fixed to a specific location. That’s why this concept applies to specific persons or groups no matter their geographic location. The other ideas describe applying law by place, applying to the Church as a whole, or limiting to a narrower clerical subset, which are not what personal law is about.

Personal law follows the person. It governs individuals or groups because of their status, not because of where they happen to be. In canon law, rules tied to being a bishop, a religious, or a member of a particular institute travel with the person wherever they go, rather than being fixed to a specific location. That’s why this concept applies to specific persons or groups no matter their geographic location. The other ideas describe applying law by place, applying to the Church as a whole, or limiting to a narrower clerical subset, which are not what personal law is about.