Corpus Iuris Canonici

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collection of canon law historical legal compilation source of Roman Catholic canon law

The Corpus Iuris Canonici is the historical collection of fundamental texts of Roman Catholic canon law that formed the basis of church legal practice in the Latin Church until the early 20th century.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Corpus Iuris Canonici canonical	6
Corpus iuris canonici	5
Corpus of medieval canon law	1
Roman canon law	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2171760 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Corpus Iuris Canonici
Context triple: [1917 Code of Canon Law, influencedBy, Corpus Iuris Canonici]

A. Regimini Ecclesiae universae
Regimini Ecclesiae universae was an apostolic constitution issued by Pope Paul VI that reorganized the Roman Curia following the Second Vatican Council.
B. Horae Canonicae
Horae Canonicae is a sequence of religiously themed poems by W. H. Auden that meditates on time, faith, and modern existence through the structure of the canonical hours.
C. 1917 Code of Canon Law
The 1917 Code of Canon Law was the first comprehensive codification of the Latin Catholic Church’s canon law, governing its legal and disciplinary structures until it was replaced in 1983.
D. Sacri Canones
Sacri Canones is the apostolic constitution by which Pope John Paul II officially promulgated the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.
E. Codex Justinianus
Codex Justinianus is a foundational compilation of Roman imperial laws ordered by Emperor Justinian I, forming a core component of the Corpus Juris Civilis and profoundly influencing later civil law traditions.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Corpus Iuris Canonici
Target entity description: The Corpus Iuris Canonici is the historical collection of fundamental texts of Roman Catholic canon law that formed the basis of church legal practice in the Latin Church until the early 20th century.

A. Regimini Ecclesiae universae
Regimini Ecclesiae universae was an apostolic constitution issued by Pope Paul VI that reorganized the Roman Curia following the Second Vatican Council.
B. Horae Canonicae
Horae Canonicae is a sequence of religiously themed poems by W. H. Auden that meditates on time, faith, and modern existence through the structure of the canonical hours.
C. 1917 Code of Canon Law
The 1917 Code of Canon Law was the first comprehensive codification of the Latin Catholic Church’s canon law, governing its legal and disciplinary structures until it was replaced in 1983.
D. Sacri Canones
Sacri Canones is the apostolic constitution by which Pope John Paul II officially promulgated the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.
E. Codex Justinianus
Codex Justinianus is a foundational compilation of Roman imperial laws ordered by Emperor Justinian I, forming a core component of the Corpus Juris Civilis and profoundly influencing later civil law traditions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	collection of canon law ⓘ historical legal compilation ⓘ source of Roman Catholic canon law ⓘ
appliesTo	Latin Church ⓘ linked to: Latin Church worldwide
compiledFrom	Roman law sources ⓘ conciliar canons ⓘ decretals of bishops ⓘ papal decretals ⓘ
contains	norms on church property ⓘ norms on clerical life ⓘ penal canons ⓘ procedural canons ⓘ
followedBy	1917 Code of Canon Law ⓘ Codex Iuris Canonici ⓘ
geographicScope	Latin-rite territories ⓘ Western Christendom ⓘ linked to: Western Christianity
hasAbbreviation	CIC (historical sense) ⓘ linked to: CIC 1917
hasCanonicalName	Corpus Iuris Canonici ⓘ
hasLanguage	Latin ⓘ
hasPart	Clementinae ⓘ Decretum Gratiani ⓘ linked to: Gratian’s Decretum Extravagantes Communes ⓘ Extravagantes Johannis XXII ⓘ Liber Extra ⓘ Liber Sextus ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ early modern period ⓘ modern period ⓘ
influenced	European legal tradition ⓘ development of canon law science ⓘ
isDistinctFrom	1917 Codex Iuris Canonici ⓘ linked to: 1917 Code of Canon Law 1983 Codex Iuris Canonici ⓘ linked to: Code of Canon Law (1983)
legalDomain	canon law ⓘ linked to: Canon law
legalStatus	authoritative collection for Latin canon law ⓘ
mainUser	Roman Curia ⓘ canon lawyers ⓘ ecclesiastical judges ⓘ
precededBy	early medieval canonical collections ⓘ
religiousTradition	Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
studiedInDiscipline	canon law ⓘ church history ⓘ legal history ⓘ
usedFor	church governance ⓘ disciplinary norms ⓘ ecclesiastical courts ⓘ marriage law ⓘ procedural law in the Church ⓘ sacramental discipline ⓘ
wasUsedUntil	early 20th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1917 Code of Canon Law → influencedBy → Corpus Iuris Canonici ⓘ

Pio-Benedictine Code → influencedBy → Corpus Iuris Canonici ⓘ

CIC 1917 → predecessor → Corpus Iuris Canonici ⓘ

Corpus Iuris Canonici → hasCanonicalName → Corpus Iuris Canonici ⓘ

Decretals of Gregory IX → partOf → Corpus iuris canonici ⓘ