Remarks of chilean bishops on the drafts of book i: normae generales and book ii: de personis, of the canon law code of 1917

Abstract

In 1904, Pope Pious X ordered the preparation of the first code of canon law of the Latin Church. This task, however, was not entrusted to a select group of experts; instead, it included the episcopate's opinion, that was sought for in two different times. In both instances Chilean bishops were consulted. This work, based on the Vatican secret archives, studies the remarks made by the Chilean bishops on the drafts of books I and II of the code, sent to them in 1912.