Pontifical Commission for the Codification of Canon Law

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The Pontifical Commission for the Codification of Canon Law was a Vatican body established to systematically organize and produce the first comprehensive code of Roman Catholic canon law in the early 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic Church body
canon law commission
pontifical commission
appliesTo discipline of the Latin Church
governance of the Catholic Church
appliesToJurisdiction Latin Church worldwide
surface form: Latin Church

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
appointedBy Pope Pius X
authority papal authority
composition bishops
canon law experts
cardinals
confession Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic
country Vatican City
dissolvedAfter completion of the 1917 Code of Canon Law
establishedBy Pope Pius X
fieldOfWork Catholic Church law reform
canon law
hasGoal production of a comprehensive code of canon law
reform of existing canonical legislation
systematic codification of canon law
headquartersLocation Vatican City
historicalPeriod pontificate of Pius X
inception early 20th century
influenced later revisions of canon law
jurisdiction Holy See
legalStatus pontifical commission
surface form: ecclesiastical commission of the Holy See
location Vatican City
mainSubject Codex Iuris Canonici
canon law
operatedInCentury 20th century
parentOrganization Holy See
partOf Roman Curia
produced 1917 Code of Canon Law
surface form: Codex Iuris Canonici (1917)
product 1917 Code of Canon Law
reasonForCreation need for a unified and systematic code of canon law
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
significance created the first comprehensive code of Roman Catholic canon law
significantEvent promulgation of the 1917 Code of Canon Law
startTime early 20th century
subordinateTo Pope
task draft unified legal norms for the Church
organize existing canon law sources
prepare a single code to replace disparate canonical collections
workLanguage Latin

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1917 Code of Canon Law compiledBy Pontifical Commission for the Codification of Canon Law
CIC 1917 draftingCommission Pontifical Commission for the Codification of Canon Law