apostolic constitution Providentissima Mater Ecclesia

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Apostolic constitution Providentissima Mater Ecclesia is a formal papal document issued by Pope Benedict XV that served as the vehicle for officially promulgating the 1917 Pio-Benedictine Code of Canon Law for the Catholic Church.

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instanceOf apostolic constitution
papal document
alsoKnownAs Apostolic constitution Providentissima Mater Ecclesia NERFINISHED
Providentissima Mater Ecclesia (1917 code promulgation) NERFINISHED
appliesTo Latin Church NERFINISHED
universal discipline of the Catholic Church (as of 1917)
authority Papal magisterium
canonicalStatus historical promulgation document
documentType legislative act
ecclesiasticalRank highest form of papal legislative document
hasCanonicalCitation AAS (Acta Apostolicae Sedis) entry NERFINISHED
historicalContext early 20th-century codification of canon law
issuedByOffice Supreme Pontiff NERFINISHED
issuedBySee Holy See NERFINISHED
juridicalNature universal law for the Latin Church
language Latin
legalEffect official promulgation of the 1917 Pio-Benedictine Code of Canon Law
legalSystem canon law of the Catholic Church
namedAfter Virgin Mary as Most Provident Mother of the Church NERFINISHED
promulgated 1917 Code of Canon Law NERFINISHED
promulgatedBy Pope Benedict XV NERFINISHED
promulgatedCodeNickname Pio-Benedictine Code NERFINISHED
promulgatedFor Catholic Church NERFINISHED
promulgationForm apostolic constitution
promulgationMedium papal bull-style constitution
relatedTo Codex Iuris Canonici (1917) NERFINISHED
Pio-Benedictine Code of Canon Law NERFINISHED
subjectMatter canon law
codification of ecclesiastical law
successorCode 1983 Code of Canon Law (as later replacement of the 1917 code) NERFINISHED

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Pio-Benedictine Code promulgatedThrough apostolic constitution Providentissima Mater Ecclesia