Corpus Juris Canonici

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 RC Church the official compilation of canon law published by authority of Gregory XIII in 1582, superseded by the Codex Juris Canonici in 1918 See also Clementines Decretals Decretum Extravagantes Sext Codex Juris Canonici

Word History and Origins

Origin of Corpus Juris Canonici¹

Medieval Latin, literally: body of canon law

Example Sentences

The most brutal part of the common law of England is that in relation to the rights of women—all of which was taken from the Corpus Juris Canonici, "the law that came from a higher source than man."

From Project Gutenberg

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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I will hazard the assertion, that there are not ten lay members amongst them, in the United States, who have read the works of Belarmine, the canons, or decrees of the various councils that have been held in the Popish church, or even the corpus juris canonici, containing the decrees of the council of Trent.

From Project Gutenberg

A work, called the Corpus Juris Canonici, containing all the revised statutes of the Council of Trent, the last held in the Popish church, has issued the following proclamation to all monks, priests, bishops, and Jesuits: "We declare it unlawful for civil magistrates to require any oath of the clergy, and we forbid all priests from taking any such oath."

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