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The reforms were proposed by a group of experts in matrimonial jurisprudence. [2] According to experts at the Vatican, they are the most expansive revision in matrimonial nullity jurisprudence in centuries. The reforms are a departure from the 18th-century matrimonial nullity reforms of the canonist Pope Benedict XIV. [1]
Elevating pope Date of elevation Excommunicating pope or council Date of excommunication Reason Notes Rodoaldo, bishop of Porto Leo IV: 853 Nicholas I: 864 Simony [4] Anastasio il Bibliotecario: Leo IV: 847 Council of Rome Council of Ravenna Council of Rome December 6, 860 May 29, 853 December 8, 853 Intrigue against the pope
In 2015, the process for declaring matrimonial nullity was amended by the matrimonial nullity trial reforms of Pope Francis, the broadest reforms to matrimonial nullity law in 300 years. [6] Prior to the reforms, a declaration of nullity could only be effective if it had been so declared by two tribunals at different levels of jurisdiction.
On 15 August 2015 Pope Francis issued the motu proprio Mitis Iudex Dominus Iesus, which amended twenty-one canons (1671–1691) to reform the process of determining matrimonial nullity. The document was made public on 8 September 2015. [22] [23]
The history of Latin canon law can be divided into four periods: the jus antiquum, the jus novum, the jus novissimum and the Code of Canon Law. [2] In relation to the Code, history can be divided into the jus vetus (all law before the Code) and the jus novum (the law of the Code, or jus codicis). [2] Eastern canon law developed separately.
Francis: 2015: Reform to the Canons of the Code of Canon that pertain to the marriage nullity cases. [15] Mitis et Misericors Iesus: Francis: 2015: Reform of the canons of the Code of Canons of Eastern Churches pertaining to cases regarding the nullity of marriage [16] Mysterii Paschalis: Paul VI: 1969: Reorganisation of the liturgical year ...
Under the 1983 Code of Canon Law, the discipline of 1917 has been changed; a marriage ratum sed non consummatum can now be dissolved only by a dispensation from the pope or his delegate. [11] The pope has delegated competency for granting such dispensations to the Tribunal of the Roman Rota, one of the ordinary tribunals of the Apostolic See.
Papal rescripts are responses of the pope or a Congregation of the Roman Curia, in writing, to queries or petitions of individuals. Some rescripts concern the granting of favours; others the administration of justice under canon law , e. g. the interpretation of a law , the appointment of a judge.