Eastern Catholic canon law
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Eastern Catholic canon law is the body of legal norms and ecclesiastical regulations that governs the life, organization, and discipline of the Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with Rome.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eastern Catholic canon law canonical | 3 |
| Eastern canon law | 1 |
| Particular Law of the Syro-Malabar Church | 1 |
| canon law of the Catholic Church | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1145026 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eastern Catholic canon law Context triple: [Canon law, hasMajorBranch, Eastern Catholic canon law]
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Eastern Orthodox canon law
Eastern Orthodox canon law is the body of ecclesiastical rules and traditions that governs doctrine, worship, and church order across the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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Canon law
Canon law is the body of laws and regulations developed by ecclesiastical authority, particularly in the Catholic Church, to govern church organization, doctrine, and the conduct of clergy and laity.
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C.
1917 Code of Canon Law
The 1917 Code of Canon Law was the first comprehensive codification of the Latin Catholic Church’s canon law, governing its legal and disciplinary structures until it was replaced in 1983.
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D.
Vatican civil law
Vatican civil law is the internal legal system governing the secular and administrative affairs of Vatican City under the authority of the Holy See.
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Eastern Catholic Churches
The Eastern Catholic Churches are a group of self-governing, Eastern-rite Christian churches in full communion with the Pope while preserving their own liturgical, theological, and spiritual traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eastern Catholic canon law Target entity description: Eastern Catholic canon law is the body of legal norms and ecclesiastical regulations that governs the life, organization, and discipline of the Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with Rome.
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A.
Eastern Orthodox canon law
Eastern Orthodox canon law is the body of ecclesiastical rules and traditions that governs doctrine, worship, and church order across the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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B.
Canon law
Canon law is the body of laws and regulations developed by ecclesiastical authority, particularly in the Catholic Church, to govern church organization, doctrine, and the conduct of clergy and laity.
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C.
1917 Code of Canon Law
The 1917 Code of Canon Law was the first comprehensive codification of the Latin Catholic Church’s canon law, governing its legal and disciplinary structures until it was replaced in 1983.
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D.
Vatican civil law
Vatican civil law is the internal legal system governing the secular and administrative affairs of Vatican City under the authority of the Holy See.
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Eastern Catholic Churches
The Eastern Catholic Churches are a group of self-governing, Eastern-rite Christian churches in full communion with the Pope while preserving their own liturgical, theological, and spiritual traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canon law
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ecclesiastical law ⓘ |
| abbreviation | CCEO ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
ensure communion with the Roman Pontiff
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preserve Eastern liturgical traditions ⓘ protect rights of Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ |
| cameIntoForceOn | 1991-10-01 ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Latin canon law ⓘ |
| governs |
discipline of Eastern Catholic Churches
ⓘ
life of Eastern Catholic faithful ⓘ organization of Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ |
| harmonizedWith |
Canon law
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin canon law
|
| hasSource |
Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches
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decrees of the Second Vatican Council ⓘ liturgical law of Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ papal legislation ⓘ particular law of individual Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ |
| inCommunionWith |
Catholic Church worldwide
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surface form:
Catholic Church
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| influencedBy |
Armenian canon law
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Byzantine canon law ⓘ Coptic canon law ⓘ Eastern Christian canonical tradition ⓘ Canon law ⓘ
surface form:
Latin canon law
Syriac canon law ⓘ |
| languageOfPromulgation | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf | universal canon law of the Catholic Church ⓘ |
| predecessor | particular Eastern canonical collections ⓘ |
| promulgatedBy | Pope John Paul II ⓘ |
| promulgationDate | 1990-10-18 ⓘ |
| recognizes |
sui iuris Church
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surface form:
sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches
|
| regulatedBy |
Holy See
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surface form:
Apostolic See
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| regulates |
appointment of bishops in Eastern Catholic Churches
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clerical discipline in Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ erection of eparchies ⓘ major archiepiscopal Churches ⓘ marriage in Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ metropolitan Churches sui iuris ⓘ patriarchal Churches ⓘ penal law in Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ procedural law in Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ religious institutes in Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ sacraments in Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ synods of bishops of Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ temporal goods of Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ |
| relatedDocument | Orientalium Ecclesiarum ⓘ |
| relatedTo | ecclesiology of Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ |
| subjectTo | interpretation by the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts ⓘ |
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Subject: Eastern Catholic canon law Description of subject: Eastern Catholic canon law is the body of legal norms and ecclesiastical regulations that governs the life, organization, and discipline of the Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with Rome.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Particular Law of the Syro-Malabar Church
subject surface form:
Dei Providentis
this entity surface form:
canon law of the Catholic Church
this entity surface form:
Eastern canon law