Edward N. Peters

Edward Neal Peters (born 1957) is an American Catholic canonist and serves as a referendary of the Apostolic Signatura (an advisor/consultant to the Holy See's top tribunal). He was professor of canon law at the Sacred Heart Major Seminary of the Archdiocese of Detroit from 2005 until 2025, when Archbishop Edward Weisenburger dismissed him.

Early life and education Peters was born in 1957 and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, where he attended the Chaminade College Preparatory School from 1970 to 1975. He attended Saint Louis University, majoring in political science, graduating in 1979. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law in 1982, during the third year of which he was a teaching assistant in the Legal Research and Writing Program for Tate Hall. After graduation, Peters was admitted to the Missouri Bar Association.

Works

1988: Home Schooling & the New Code of Canon Law (Brownson studies) 1992: Penal Procedural Law in the 1983 Code of Canon Law 1997: 100 Answers to Your Questions on Annulments (a Basilica Press "Modern Apologetics" Book) 2000: Tabulae congruentiae inter Codicem iuris canonici et versiones anteriores canonum 2001: The 1917 or Pio-Benedictine Code of Canon Law: in English Translation with Extensive Scholarly Apparatus 2004: Annulments and the Catholic Church 2005: Incrementa in progressu 1983 Codicis iuris canonici 2006: Excommunication and the Catholic Church 2008: A Modern Guide to Indulgences 2017: The 1917 or Pio-Benedictine Code of Canon Law: in English Translation with Extensive Scholarly Apparatus

Personal life Peters is married to Angela and they have six children. They enjoy chess, astronomy and classic cinema.