The Catholic Church has what is claimed to be the oldest continuously functioning internal legal system in Western Europe, much later than Roman law but predating the evolution of modern European civil law traditions. What began with rules ("canons") adopted by the Apostles at the Council of Jerusalem in the first century has developed into a highly complex legal system encapsulating not just norms of the New Testament, but some elements of the Hebrew (Old Testament), Roman, Visigothic, Saxon, and Celtic legal traditions. COUNT 5
QSN1 What entity believes itself to have the longest standing internal mechanism of laws in Western Europe? ANS1 The Catholic Church QSN2 What is a legal system older than Catholic law? ANS2 Roman law QSN3 What is the term for laws produced at the Council of Jerusalem? ANS3 canons QSN4 When was the Council of Jerusalem held? ANS4 first century QSN5 Apart from the Old and New Testaments, which other cultures influenced canon? ANS5 Roman, Visigothic, Saxon, and Celtic