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 RC Church the official compilation of canon law published by authority of Gregory XIII in 1582, superseded by the Codex Juris Canonici in 1918 See also Clementines Decretals Decretum Extravagantes Sext Codex Juris Canonici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

All these, together with the earlier compilations and some later additions, formed the Corpus Juris Canonici.

From The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304 by Medley, D. J. (Dudley Julius)

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

From Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries by Hogan, William

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 Roscher, Wilhelm

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

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.