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  2. 1917 Code of Canon Law - Wikipedia

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    The 1917 Code of Canon Law has been described as "the greatest revolution in canon law since the time of Gratian" [3] (1150s AD). The 1917 Code of Canon Law was composed of laws called canons, of which there were 2,414. [4] It remained in force until the 1983 Code of Canon Law took legal effect and abrogated it [1] on 27 November 1983. [5]

  3. List of excommunicable offences in the Catholic Church

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    The first unified code of canon law was produced in 1917, and it replaced all previous rules regarding excommunication which had come from councils and papal documents. The 1983 Code of Canon Law replaced the 1917 code. Therefore, only the 1983 code still has legal standing with regard to excommunicable offences.

  4. Canon law of the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    The canon law of the Catholic Church is articulated in the legal code for the Latin Church [9] as well as a code for the Eastern Catholic Churches. [9] This canon law has principles of legal interpretation, [10] and coercive penalties. [11] It lacks civilly-binding force in most secular jurisdictions.

  5. Legal history of the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    The 1917 Codex Iuris Canonici (CIC, Code of Canon Law) was the first instance of a new code completely re-written in a systematic fashion, reduced to a single book or "codex" for ease of use. It took effect on 29 May 1918.

  6. Person (Catholic canon law) - Wikipedia

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    In simple terms, a juridic person is an artificial construct under canon law that allows a group of persons or things to function and be treated under canon law as a single unit. The 1917 Code of Canon Law referred to all juridic persons as "moral persons", [11] while the 1983 Code of Canon Law uses the term "moral person" solely to designate ...

  7. Canon (canon law) - Wikipedia

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    In 1917, the Catholic Church published the 1917 Code of Canon Law which applied to the Latin Church. In 1983, it published the a new Code of Canon Law for the Latin Church which replaced the 1917 Code of Canon Law. During the reign of Pius XII, numerous canons for the Eastern Catholic Churches were published.

  8. Canon law - Wikipedia

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    The first Code of Canon Law (1917) was exclusively for the Latin Church, with application to the Eastern Churches only "in cases which pertain to their very nature". [27] After the Second Vatican Council (1962 - 1965), the Vatican produced the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches which became the first code of Eastern Catholic Canon Law.

  9. Outline of Catholic canon law - Wikipedia

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    Collectiones canonum Dionysianae – The canon law collection compiled by Dionysius Exiguus; Collectio canonum quadripartita – Medieval canon law collection; Collectio canonum Quesnelliana – Late antique canonical collection; Collectio canonum Wigorniensis – Medieval canon law collection