Corpus Iuris Canonici
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The Corpus Iuris Canonici is the historical collection of fundamental texts of Roman Catholic canon law that formed the basis of church legal practice in the Latin Church until the early 20th century.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Corpus Iuris Canonici canonical | 4 |
| Corpus iuris canonici | 1 |
| Corpus of medieval canon law | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2171760 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Corpus Iuris Canonici Context triple: [1917 Code of Canon Law, influencedBy, Corpus Iuris Canonici]
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A.
Regimini Ecclesiae universae
Regimini Ecclesiae universae was an apostolic constitution issued by Pope Paul VI that reorganized the Roman Curia following the Second Vatican Council.
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B.
Horae Canonicae
Horae Canonicae is a sequence of religiously themed poems by W. H. Auden that meditates on time, faith, and modern existence through the structure of the canonical hours.
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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.
Sacri Canones
Sacri Canones is the apostolic constitution by which Pope John Paul II officially promulgated the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.
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E.
Codex Justinianus
Codex Justinianus is a foundational compilation of Roman imperial laws ordered by Emperor Justinian I, forming a core component of the Corpus Juris Civilis and profoundly influencing later civil law traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Corpus Iuris Canonici Target entity description: The Corpus Iuris Canonici is the historical collection of fundamental texts of Roman Catholic canon law that formed the basis of church legal practice in the Latin Church until the early 20th century.
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A.
Regimini Ecclesiae universae
Regimini Ecclesiae universae was an apostolic constitution issued by Pope Paul VI that reorganized the Roman Curia following the Second Vatican Council.
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B.
Horae Canonicae
Horae Canonicae is a sequence of religiously themed poems by W. H. Auden that meditates on time, faith, and modern existence through the structure of the canonical hours.
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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.
Sacri Canones
Sacri Canones is the apostolic constitution by which Pope John Paul II officially promulgated the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.
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E.
Codex Justinianus
Codex Justinianus is a foundational compilation of Roman imperial laws ordered by Emperor Justinian I, forming a core component of the Corpus Juris Civilis and profoundly influencing later civil law traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
collection of canon law
ⓘ
historical legal compilation ⓘ source of Roman Catholic canon law ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Latin Church worldwide
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin Church
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| compiledFrom |
Roman law sources
ⓘ
conciliar canons ⓘ decretals of bishops ⓘ papal decretals ⓘ |
| contains |
norms on church property
ⓘ
norms on clerical life ⓘ penal canons ⓘ procedural canons ⓘ |
| followedBy |
1917 Code of Canon Law
ⓘ
Codex Iuris Canonici ⓘ |
| geographicScope |
Latin-rite territories
ⓘ
Western Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Western Christendom
|
| hasAbbreviation |
CIC 1917
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surface form:
CIC (historical sense)
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| hasCanonicalName | Corpus Iuris Canonici self-link ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Clementinae
ⓘ
Gratian’s Decretum ⓘ
surface form:
Decretum Gratiani
Extravagantes Communes ⓘ Extravagantes Johannis XXII ⓘ Liber Extra ⓘ Liber Sextus ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Middle Ages
ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ modern period ⓘ |
| influenced |
European legal tradition
ⓘ
development of canon law science ⓘ |
| isDistinctFrom |
1917 Code of Canon Law
ⓘ
surface form:
1917 Codex Iuris Canonici
Code of Canon Law (1983) ⓘ
surface form:
1983 Codex Iuris Canonici
|
| legalDomain |
Canon law
ⓘ
surface form:
canon law
|
| legalStatus | authoritative collection for Latin canon law ⓘ |
| mainUser |
Roman Curia
ⓘ
canon lawyers ⓘ ecclesiastical judges ⓘ |
| precededBy | early medieval canonical collections ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| studiedInDiscipline |
canon law
ⓘ
church history ⓘ legal history ⓘ |
| usedFor |
church governance
ⓘ
disciplinary norms ⓘ ecclesiastical courts ⓘ marriage law ⓘ procedural law in the Church ⓘ sacramental discipline ⓘ |
| wasUsedUntil | early 20th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Corpus Iuris Canonici Description of subject: The Corpus Iuris Canonici is the historical collection of fundamental texts of Roman Catholic canon law that formed the basis of church legal practice in the Latin Church until the early 20th century.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Corpus iuris canonici