Corpus Juris Canonici

British

/ kəˈnɒnɪˌsaɪ /

noun

RC Church the official compilation of canon law published by authority of Gregory XIII in 1582, superseded by the Codex Juris Canonici in 1918 See also Clementines Decretals Decretum Extravagantes Sext Codex Juris Canonici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

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You will find the same in a work called Corpus Juris Canonici, page 47, to be had in the Philadelphia Library.

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Close of Corpus juris canonici, § 99, 5. 1484-1492.

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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.,

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As to the expression jus canonicum, it implies the systematic codification of ecclesiastical legislation, and had no existence previous to the labours which resulted in the Corpus juris canonici.

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