Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches

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code of canon law ecclesiastical law collection legal code

The Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches is the comprehensive body of ecclesiastical law that regulates the organization, governance, and sacramental life of the Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with Rome.

Aliases (1)

Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	code of canon law → ecclesiastical law collection → legal code →
aimsTo	ensure unity of discipline among Eastern Catholic Churches → preserve Eastern liturgical and canonical traditions →
appliesTo	sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches →
communionContext	Churches in full communion with the Bishop of Rome →
complements	1983 Code of Canon Law →
definesTerm	eparchy → exarchate → sui iuris Church →
doesNotApplyTo	Latin Church →
effectiveDate	1991-10-01 →
governsOffice	eparchial bishops → major archbishops of Eastern Catholic Churches → metropolitans of Eastern Catholic Churches → patriarchs of Eastern Catholic Churches → synods of bishops of Eastern Catholic Churches →
historicalContext	post–Second Vatican Council codification →
juridicalAuthority	universal law for Eastern Catholic Churches →
languageOfPromulgation	Latin →
latinName	Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium →
legalSystem	canon law of the Catholic Church →
numberOfCanons	1546 →
preparationSupervisedBy	Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Eastern Code →
promulgatedBy	Pope John Paul II →
promulgationDate	1990-10-18 →
promulgationDocumentTitle	Sacri Canones →
promulgationDocumentType	apostolic constitution →
recognizes	major archiepiscopal Churches → metropolitan Churches sui iuris → other sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches → patriarchal Churches →
regulates	Eastern Catholic Churches → governance of Eastern Catholic Churches → organization of Eastern Catholic Churches → sacramental life of Eastern Catholic Churches →
shortName	CCEO →
subjectMatter	church discipline → church property → ecclesiastical governance → hierarchical structures → liturgical discipline → marriage law → monastic and religious life → penal law → procedural law → rights and obligations of the Christian faithful → sacraments →

Referenced by (28)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chaldean Catholic Church → Eastern Catholic Churches → Eritrean Catholic Church → Macedonian Greek Catholic Church → Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church → Syro-Malankara Catholic Church →	governedBy
Belarusian Greek Catholic Church → Coptic Catholic Church → Ethiopian Catholic Church → Italo-Albanian Catholic Church →	followsCanonLaw
Albanian Greek Catholic Church → Armenian Catholic Church → Maronite Christianity → Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church →	usesCodeOfCanons
Russian Greek Catholic Church → Slovak Greek Catholic Church → Syriac Catholic Church →	followsCodeOf
Disciplinary Section → Marriage Office →	appliesLaw
Apostolic Signatura →	applies
Dicastery for the Oriental Churches →	follows
Hungarian Greek Catholic Church →	hasParticularLaw
Orientalium Ecclesiarum →	influenced
Apostolic Vicariate →	isDefinedIn
Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches ("Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium") →	latinName
Romanian Greek Catholic Church →	recognizedBy
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church →	subjectTo
Hungarian Greek Catholic Church →	subjectToCanonLaw