CANON

'Canon' from Greek ''kanon'' "rule" (perhaps originally from ''kanna'' "reed", cognate to ''cane'') is used in various meanings, with the adjective being '''canonical'''.

Contents

Business

Literature

Visual Arts

Film & TV

Music

Religion

Christian theological or ecclesiastical contexts

Other religions

Other uses

See also

Business

★ Canon Inc., a Japanese corporation that specializes in imaging and optical products including consumer photographic cameras. ''(See the article for the origins of the name).''

Literature

In literature, 'canon' refers to a fixed collection of texts, such as:

★ Western canon

★ the Confucian canon of Chinese classic texts

★ Canon (fiction), a body of works that are considered to be "genuine" or "official" within a certain fictional universe.

★ The Canon of Medicine, a medical text written by Ibn Sina (Avicenna) which became the standard Latin translated text book on the subject.

Visual Arts

★ Artistic Canon, the classical proportions for drawing aesthetic figures.

Film & TV

★ Film canon is the limited number of masterpieces by which all other films are judged.

Music

★ Canon (music), a contrapuntal composition that employs a melody with one or more imitations; e.g. Johann Pachelbel's ''Canon in D Major''.

★ Kanun (Instrument), a stringed instrument also spelled as 'canon'.

Religion

Christian theological or ecclesiastical contexts

★ Biblical canon - a list published by a religious authority of those books of the Bible that are considered inspired by God.

★ Canon law, all legislation adopted by an ecumenical council, most notably found in the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Churches and the Anglican Communion of churches.

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★ Canon law (Catholic Church), the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church specifically.

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★ A specific body of such laws on a given subject, e.g. penitential canons.

★ Canon (hymnography), a type of Eastern Orthodox hymn.

★ 'The canon of saints', see Canonization.

★ Canon (priest), a Christian priest who belongs to one of certain chapters, from Latin ''canonicus''.

★ Canons Regular, a religious order of men who are usually priests who live in community.

★ Canon of the Mass, the name in the Roman Missal for the prayer of consecration in the mass.

★ another term for the altar cards containing certain eucharistic prayers.

★ Standard Works - the several books that constitute open scriptural canon of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

Other religions

★ Taoist canon

★ Qanun

★ the Hindu canon of Shruti texts

★ Tripitaka (or Tipitaka), the Buddhist canon

Other uses

★ 'Canons' was a country estate outside of London, named after the Duke of Chandos, where the current Canons Park is located.

★ cannon - the large tubular firearm (obsolete spelling 'canon', ultimately also cognate to ''cane'').

See also

★ Canonization

★ Cannon (disambiguation)