Research guides: Canon Law: 1983 Code

1983 Code

In 1983 Pope John Paul II promulgated a revised Code of Canon Law. It is this Code which remains in force today.
Codex Iuris Canonici.
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Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1983.
The official text in Latin with unofficial translations in Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish.
Code of Canon Law.
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Latin-English edition. New English translation. Washington, DC: Canon Law Society of America, 1999.
The standard American-English translation.
The Code of Canon Law in English Translation.
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Prepared by the Canon Law Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1983.
The standard British-English translation.
Incrementa in Progressu 1983 Codicis Iuris Canonici.
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Edited by Edward N. Peters.
Montreal, QC: Wilson & Lafleur, 2005.
A side-by-side comparison of each canon of the 1983 Code with the various draft versions.
Complementary Norms to the 1983 Code of Canon Law.
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Ottawa, ON: Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1996.
The decrees promulgated by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops determining certain canonical matters in Canada.