1917 Code of Canon Law

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canonical legislation code of canon law legal code

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.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
1917 Code of Canon Law canonical	10
Code of Canon Law	6
Codex Iuris Canonici (1917)	3
1917 Codex Iuris Canonici	1
1983 Code of Canon Law	1
Code of Canon Law (1917)	1
Codex Iuris Canonici 1917	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T373834 — 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: 1917 Code of Canon Law
Context triple: [Latin Rite, predecessor, 1917 Code of Canon Law]

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. Regimini militantis Ecclesiae
Regimini militantis Ecclesiae is the 1540 papal bull by Pope Paul III that formally established and approved the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) as a religious order in the Catholic Church.
C. Unitatis Redintegratio
Unitatis Redintegratio is the Second Vatican Council’s landmark decree on ecumenism, outlining the Catholic Church’s principles and approach to promoting Christian unity.
D. Sacrosanctum Concilium
Sacrosanctum Concilium is the Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, which initiated major reforms in Catholic worship, including greater use of vernacular languages and active participation by the laity.
E. Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches
The Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches is the comprehensive body of ecclesiastical law that regulates the organization, governance, and sacramental life of the Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with Rome.
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: 1917 Code of Canon Law
Target entity description: 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.

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. Regimini militantis Ecclesiae
Regimini militantis Ecclesiae is the 1540 papal bull by Pope Paul III that formally established and approved the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) as a religious order in the Catholic Church.
C. Unitatis Redintegratio
Unitatis Redintegratio is the Second Vatican Council’s landmark decree on ecumenism, outlining the Catholic Church’s principles and approach to promoting Christian unity.
D. Sacrosanctum Concilium
Sacrosanctum Concilium is the Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, which initiated major reforms in Catholic worship, including greater use of vernacular languages and active participation by the laity.
E. Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches
The Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches is the comprehensive body of ecclesiastical law that regulates the organization, governance, and sacramental life of the Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with Rome.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	canonical legislation ⓘ code of canon law ⓘ legal code ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	CIC 1917 ⓘ Codex Iuris Canonici (1917) ⓘ linked to: 1917 Code of Canon Law Pio-Benedictine Code ⓘ
appliesTo	Latin Church ⓘ linked to: Latin Rite
bindingOn	Latin-rite bishops ⓘ Latin-rite clergy ⓘ Latin-rite laity ⓘ Latin-rite religious ⓘ
commissionEstablishedBy	Pope Pius X ⓘ
commissionEstablishmentDate	1904-03-19 ⓘ
compiledBy	Pontifical Commission for the Codification of Canon Law ⓘ
contains	norms on benefices and temporal goods ⓘ norms on censures and penalties ⓘ norms on ecclesiastical offices ⓘ norms on trials and procedures ⓘ
doesNotApplyTo	Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
draftingPeriod	1904–1917 ⓘ
effectiveDate	1918-05-19 ⓘ
governs	church governance in the Latin Church ⓘ ecclesiastical penalties in the Latin Church ⓘ marriage law in the Latin Church ⓘ procedural law in ecclesiastical courts ⓘ religious institutes in the Latin Church ⓘ rights and obligations of the faithful in the Latin Church ⓘ sacramental discipline in the Latin Church ⓘ
historicalSignificance	first comprehensive codification of Latin canon law ⓘ
influenced	1918 Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (partial, preparatory work) ⓘ linked to: Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Eastern Code subsequent canonical legislation in the Catholic Church ⓘ
influencedBy	Corpus Iuris Canonici ⓘ Council of Trent decrees ⓘ linked to: Council of Trent Roman civil law tradition ⓘ
inForceUntil	1983 Code of Canon Law came into force ⓘ
initiatedBy	Pope Pius X ⓘ
juridicalNature	universal law for the Latin Church ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
legalStatusAfter1983	abrogated as universal law for the Latin Church ⓘ
legalSystem	canon law ⓘ
numberOfCanons	2414 ⓘ
promulgatedBy	Pope Benedict XV ⓘ
promulgationDate	1917-05-27 ⓘ
religiousTradition	Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
repealedDate	1983-11-27 ⓘ
replacedBy	1983 Code of Canon Law ⓘ linked to: Code of Canon Law (1983)
stillUsedFor	historical and comparative canonical studies ⓘ
superseded	many particular and customary laws in the Latin Church ⓘ

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