Back محكمة كنسية Arabic Lez an Iliz Breton Církevní soud Czech Kirchengericht German Εκκλησιαστικό δικαστήριο Greek Tribunal eclesiástico Spanish Tribunal ecclésiastique French Crkveni sud Croatian Pengadilan gereja ID 교회재판소 Korean
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An ecclesiastical court, also called court Christian or court spiritual, is any of certain courts having jurisdiction mainly in spiritual or religious matters. In the Middle Ages, these courts had much wider powers in many areas of Europe than before the development of nation states. They were experts in interpreting canon law, a basis of which was the Corpus Juris Civilis of Justinian, which is considered the source of the civil law legal tradition.