Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium

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The Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium ( CCEO ) is the code of law of the Eastern Catholic Churches . The legal equivalent for the particular Latin Church (i.e. Roman Church) is the Codex Iuris Canonici (CIC).

The CCEO was promulgated on October 18, 1990 with the Apostolic Constitution Sacri Canones by Pope John Paul II . It regulates the canon law issues of the 22 Eastern Churches united with Rome.

history

Already under Pope Leo XIII. In the Apostolic Letter Orientalium dignitas, the interest in clarifying the legal situation of the Eastern Catholic Churches was emphasized. From the draft codex drawn up from 1935, which finally comprised 2666 canons, parts were repeatedly promulgated ad experimentum in the next few years up to 1957, so that around two thirds of the canons became legally binding. John XXIII postponed the further promulgation with regard to Vatican II. Subsequently, the Council decree Orientalium Ecclesiarum led to a new appreciation of the tradition of the Eastern Churches. The commission for the revision of the Eastern Church Law started its work in 1974 and published its work in its own magazine between 1975 and 1990. The CCEO was promulgated on October 18, 1990 and has been in force since October 1, 1991.

Structure of the Codex

With the codex comprising 1546 canons, a uniform ecclesiastical code was created for the more than 20 independent Eastern Catholic Churches (Ecclesiae sui iuris), which stem from five traditions. Unlike the CIC, the CCEO is not divided into (seven) books, but into thirty titles (of a smaller size) and is reminiscent of the systematic collection of Byzantine canon law. The authentic legal text was written in Latin.

One of the specifics of Eastern Catholic Church Law is, for example, that a patriarch or major archbishop is not appointed by the Pope, but elected by the Synod (CCEO Canon 63) and only confirmed by the Holy See (Can. 77). Most of the Catholic Eastern Churches continue to know married priests; the code of law refers to the practice of the young Church and the Eastern Church (Can. 373). The marriage must take place before the ordination of the diaconate (Can. 804); celibacy is prescribed for bishops in any case (Can. 180). Except in emergencies, confirmation must be given immediately after the baptism (Can. 695). Confession is made without a confessional (Can. 736), there is no annual obligation to confess (as in the West) in the Eastern Catholic Churches (Can. 719). The participation of a priest, who is to give the blessing, is expressly and compulsorily required at the marriage. The presence of a deacon is definitely not enough (Can. 826).

literature

  • Carl Gerold Fürst : Canones synopsis on the Codex iuris canonici and Codex canonum ecclesiarum orientalium . 2nd Edition. Herder, Freiburg (Breisgau) et al. 1992, ISBN 3-451-22636-7 .
  • Dietmar Schön: The Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium and the authentic law in the Christian Orient. An examination of the canon law in six Catholic Eastern Churches (=  The Eastern Christianity. Treatises . NF Vol. 47). Augustinus-Verlag, Würzburg 1999, ISBN 3-7613-0193-6 (At the same time: Vienna, University, dissertation, 1998: The CCEO and authentic law in the Christian Orient. ).
  • Libero Gerosa , Peter Krämer (Ed.): Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium = Code of the Catholic Eastern Churches (= Amateca - Repertoria. Vol. 2). Latin-German edition. Bonifatius, Paderborn 2000, ISBN 3-89710-128-9 .
  • Gregor Bier: Introduction to Canon Law. In: Clauß Peter Sajak : Practical Theology. Module 4. Schöningh, Paderborn 2012 (UTB; 3472), ISBN 978-3-8252-3472-0 , p. 136 f.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ AAS 41 (1949) 89-119 : marriage law; AAS 42 (1950) 5–120 : procedural law; AAS 44 (1952) 65–152 : Religiose / Temporalien / Definitions; AAS 49 (1957) 433-603 : Personal Law
  2. ^ A b c Richard Potz : Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium. In: Wolfgang Thönissen (Hrsg.): Lexicon of ecumenism and denominational studies. On behalf of the Johann Adam Möhler Institute for Ecumenism. Herder, Freiburg (Breisgau) 2007, ISBN 978-3-451-29500-3 , pp. 231-235.