Corpus Juris Canonici
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Corpus Juris Canonici
Medieval Latin, literally: body of canon law
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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
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 Norton, Arthur Orlo
To these followed the Clementine Constitutions, a seventh book of Decretals, and "A Book of Institutes," published together, by Gregory XIII., in 1580, under the title of "Corpus Juris Canonici."
From History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science by Draper, John William
The quotations are made apparently direct from the Vulgate, in only a few cases there being a qualification of the idea by the interpretation of the Corpus Juris Canonici.
From The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 by Barclay, Alexander
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 Walsh, James J.
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