1917 Code of Canon Law

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canonical legislation code of canon law legal code

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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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
1917 Code of Canon Law canonical	10
Code of Canon Law	6
Codex Iuris Canonici (1917)	3
1917 Codex Iuris Canonici	1
1983 Code of Canon Law	1
Code of Canon Law (1917)	1
Codex Iuris Canonici 1917	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	canonical legislation ⓘ code of canon law ⓘ legal code ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	CIC 1917 ⓘ 1917 Code of Canon Law ⓘ surface form: Codex Iuris Canonici (1917) Pio-Benedictine Code ⓘ
appliesTo	Latin Rite ⓘ surface form: Latin Church
bindingOn	Latin-rite bishops ⓘ Latin-rite clergy ⓘ Latin-rite laity ⓘ Latin-rite religious ⓘ
commissionEstablishedBy	Pope Pius X ⓘ
commissionEstablishmentDate	1904-03-19 ⓘ
compiledBy	Pontifical Commission for the Codification of Canon Law ⓘ
contains	norms on benefices and temporal goods ⓘ norms on censures and penalties ⓘ norms on ecclesiastical offices ⓘ norms on trials and procedures ⓘ
doesNotApplyTo	Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
draftingPeriod	1904–1917 ⓘ
effectiveDate	1918-05-19 ⓘ
governs	church governance in the Latin Church ⓘ ecclesiastical penalties in the Latin Church ⓘ marriage law in the Latin Church ⓘ procedural law in ecclesiastical courts ⓘ religious institutes in the Latin Church ⓘ rights and obligations of the faithful in the Latin Church ⓘ sacramental discipline in the Latin Church ⓘ
historicalSignificance	first comprehensive codification of Latin canon law ⓘ
influenced	Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Eastern Code ⓘ surface form: 1918 Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (partial, preparatory work) subsequent canonical legislation in the Catholic Church ⓘ
influencedBy	Corpus Iuris Canonici ⓘ Council of Trent ⓘ surface form: Council of Trent decrees Roman civil law tradition ⓘ
inForceUntil	1983 Code of Canon Law came into force ⓘ
initiatedBy	Pope Pius X ⓘ
juridicalNature	universal law for the Latin Church ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
legalStatusAfter1983	abrogated as universal law for the Latin Church ⓘ
legalSystem	canon law ⓘ
numberOfCanons	2414 ⓘ
promulgatedBy	Pope Benedict XV ⓘ
promulgationDate	1917-05-27 ⓘ
religiousTradition	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
repealedDate	1983-11-27 ⓘ
replacedBy	Code of Canon Law (1983) ⓘ surface form: 1983 Code of Canon Law
stillUsedFor	historical and comparative canonical studies ⓘ
superseded	many particular and customary laws in the Latin Church ⓘ