Der erste Kanon des Codex Iuris Canonici und seine rechtsgeschichtlichen Grundlagen
The first canon of the Code of Canon Law and its legal history basics

Summary/Abstract: The author of the article presents the first of the six canons of the Code of Canon Law issued in 1983. The partition of the Catholic Church into Latin and Eastern rites has its long historical development. The church of the Christian West attempted to reinstall a unity lost at the beginning of the second millennium. At present two kinds of Eastern Churches exist: One united with Rome as head of the Church, whose discipline is also regulated by the Code of Catholic Eastern Churches, the other is essentially Orthodox. According to this norm, the Code concerns only the Church of Latin rite and discipline. This regulation supposed future issue of special Code for the Eastern Catholic churches. Obviously, both Codes include norms valid for both rites, especially those concerning the dogmatic principles and natural law.

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