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4 SUMMARY
Structure in detail
The 1983 Code of Canon Law contains 1752 canons,[8] This part of the Codex contains the general norms. It
or laws, most subdivided into paragraphs (indicated by contains the general rules concerning
"") and/or numbers (indicated by ""). Hence a citation
legal sources
of the Code would be written as Can. (or Canon) 934,
2, 1.[9]
persons
The Code is organized into seven Books, which are further divided into Part, Section, Title, Chapter and Article.
governance and oces
Not every book contains all ve subdivisions.
time
This is the outline of the seven books of the 1983 Code
of Canon Law.
BOOK I. GENERAL NORMS (Cann. 1203)
Explains the general application of laws
BOOK II. THE PEOPLE OF GOD (Cann. 204746)
Goes into the rights and obligations of laypeople and Persons are physical persons or juridical person. In oppoclergy, and outlines the hierarchical organization of sition to traditional secular legislation, not every person is
a physical person according to the Corpus Juris Canonici.
the Church
One is constituted a person with duties and rights only by
christening.
BOOK III. THE TEACHING FUNCTION OF THE
The Codex the premises for the validity of a juridical act
CHURCH (Cann. 747833)
especially in relation to form, coercion, misapprehension
and lack of participation.
Christian ministry, missionary activity, education,
The power of law is divided in the three authorities of
and social communication
legislative, executive and judiciary. The ability to conBOOK IV. THE SANCTIFYING FUNCTION OF THE duct juridical acts can be joined to an oce or it can be
delegated to a person. Relating to oce, the provision
CHURCH (Cann. 8341253)
and loss of the ecclesiastical oce is regulated.
Sacraments and other acts of worship; places of wor- Time regulates prescription, which goes along with the
national regulations, but can only be achieved in good
ship and feast-days
faith, and denitions of time.
BOOK V. THE TEMPORAL GOODS OF THE
CHURCH (Cann. 12541310)
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The Christian faithful shows the obligations of the faithful in common, those of the lay and those of the sacred
ministers or clerics with special consideration of the formation and enrolment of clerics and personal prelatures.
Furthermore the associations of the Christian faithful especially their recognition as a juridic person are constituted, divided in public, private associations and those of
the lay.
Part II is entitled, The Hierarchical Constitution of the
Church. This part describes the composition, rights and
obligations of the Supreme Authority of the Church, consisting of the Roman Ponti, the College of Bishops, the
Synod of Bishops, the College of Cardinals, the Roman
Curia and the Papal legates. Furthermore the dioceses,
their organisation with bishop curia and synod and their
involvement in ecclesiastical provc vows and lead a life of
brothers or sisters in common. A secular institute is an
institute of consecrated life in which the Christian faithful, living in the world, strive for the perfection of charity
and seek to contribute to the sanctication of the world,
especially from within. Societies of apostolic life do not
use a vow.
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4.4
1752)
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Trials in general
The contentious trial
Special processes
REFERENCES
4.7.4 Part IV
Part four shows the proceedings of the penal process, with
the preliminary investigation, the trial, and the adhesive
procedure.
Part II
6 References
[1] Sacrae Disciplinae Leges, accessed Jan-11-2013
[2] NYTimes.com, "New Canon Law Code in Eect for
Catholics", 27-Nov-1983, accessed June-25-2013
[3] Ap. Const. Providentissima Mater Ecclesia
4.7.3
Part III
Part three denes special processes and their special regulations, the process for declaring the nullity of marriage,
cases of separation of spouses, process for the dispensation of a marriage ratum sed non consummatum, the
process in the presumed death of spouses, and cases for
declaring the nullity of sacred ordination. This part also
shows methods of avoiding trials.
[4] http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09056a.htm
[5] Leaving the Catholic Church no Longer Possible.
[6] CanonLaw.info, accessed Jan-11-2013
[7] Confer CANON LAW AND COMMUNIO Writings on
the Constitutional Law of the Church, 1, 1, at .
[8] Dr. Edward N. Peters, CanonLaw.info A Simple
Overview of Canon Law, accessed June-11-2013
External links
[1983] Codex Iuris Canonici (original and sole ocial Latin text)
Code of Canon Law with the 1998 modication of
canons 750 and 1371 (English translation by the
Canon Law Society of America)
Code of Canon Law (English translation by the
Canon Law Society of Great Britain and Ireland, assisted by the Canon Law Society of Australia and
New Zealand and the Canadian Canon Law Society)
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