Canon Law of Roman Catholic Church
The 1983 Code of Canon Law, known as the Johanno-Pauline Code, comprises a total of 1752 canons structured into seven books. These cover general norms, the People of God, the church's teaching function, the sanctifying office, the church's temporal goods, sanctions within the church, and judicial processes. The Latin Church, part of the Roman Catholic Church, includes five main rites in communion with the Holy See: Alexandrian, West Syrian, Armenian, Byzantine, and East Syrian rites, each encompassing various churches. All these groups adhere to the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.
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Canon Law of Latin Church-The 1983 Code of Canon Law-Johanno-Pauline Code
Total 1752 Cannon
CODEX IURIS CANONICI
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Book I. General Norms (Cann. 1โ203)-LIBER I: DE NORMIS GENERALIBUS
Book II. The People of God (Cann. 204โ746)-LIBER II: DE POPULO DEI
Book III. The Teaching Function of the Church (Cann. 747โ833) -LIBER III: DE ECCLESIAE MUNERE DOCENDI
Book IV. The Sanctifying Office of the Church (Cann. 834โ1123) -LIBER IV: DE ECCLESIAE MUNERE SANCTIFICANDI
Book V. The Temporal Goods of the Church (Cann. 1254โ1310)- LIBER V: DE BONIS ECCLESIAE TEMPORALIBUS
Book VI. Sanctions in the Church (Cann. 1311โ1399)- LIBER VI: DE SANCTIONIBUS IN ECCLESIABook VII. Processes (Cann. 1400โ1752)- LIBER VII: DE PROCESSIBUS
The Roman Catholic Church[Latin Church] main five rites (groups) of churches which are in full union with the Holy See and the Latin Church:
- Alexandrian Rite Churches which include the Coptic Catholic Church and Ethiopian Catholic Church.
- West Syrian Rite which includes the Maronite Church, Syriac Catholic Church and the Syro-Malankara Church.
- Armenian Rite Church which includes the Armenian Catholic Church.
- Byzantine Rite Churches which include the Albanian Greek Catholic Church, Belarusian Greek Catholic Church, Bulgarian Church, Byzantine Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia, Greek Church, Hungarian Greek Catholic Church, Italo-Albanian Church, Macedonian Greek Catholic Church, Melkite Church, Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic, Russian Church, Ruthenian Church, Slovak Greek Catholic Church and Ukrainian Catholic Church.
- East Syrian Rite Churches which includes the Chaldean Church and Syro-Malabar Church.
All of these church groups are in full communion with the Supreme Pontiff[ Holy Papa] and are subject to the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.
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