Corpus Juris Canonici

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/ kəˈnɒnɪˌsaɪ /

noun

1. RC Church the official compilation of canon law published by authority of Gregory XIII in 1582, superseded by the Codex Juris Canonici in 1918 See also Clementines Decretals Decretum Extravagantes Sext Codex Juris Canonici

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Etymology

Origin of Corpus Juris Canonici

Medieval Latin, literally: body of canon law

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Corpus Juris Canonici

The following authoritative principles are divulged in the Corpus Juris Canonici, which contains the Decretals, Canons, &c. of the Popes and Councils; and other participants of the pretended Papal infallibility.

From Awful Disclosures Containing, Also, Many Incidents Never before Published by Maria Monk

These documents are taken from Tomassetti's Bullarium, except the decree of John XXII. with regard to alchemies, which is taken from the Corpus Juris Canonici, Tome II.,

From The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time by James J. Walsh

We may even say that the prohibition of interest-usury is the key-stone of the whole system of the political economy of the Corpus Juris Canonici.

From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Wilhelm Roscher

The Corpus Juris Canonici as it was known in the middle ages has not been translated.

From Readings in the History of Education Mediaeval Universities by Arthur Orlo Norton

In the Corpus Juris Canonici we find at the end of the decretals a collection of ancient maxims, of general application, culled chiefly from the Roman Law, and promulgated by Pope Boniface VIII.

From The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 5, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 5, May, 1886 by Various