''Dignitas connubii'' is an instruction issued by the
Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts on 25 January 2005 on the discipline to be observed in diocesan and interdiocesan tribunals regarding causes of the nullity of
marriage.
''Dignitas connubii''
JGray.org, accessed 17 July 2019. It was compiled in close concert with dicasteries that have a related competence, namely, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, and the Tribunal of the Roman Rota.[Dignitas Connubii]
Ecclesiastical Tribunal of Malta, accessed 17 July 2019. It was partially obrogated by the matrimonial nullity trial reforms of Pope Francis in 2015, but remains in effect.
Purpose
According to Cardinal Julián Herranz Julián is the Spanish equivalent of the name Julian. Notable people with the name include:
* Julián, Julián Cuesta, Spanish footballer
* Julián Orbón (1925–1991) Cuban composer
* Julián Carrón (1950) Spanish Catholic theologian
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, then-president of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts which issued the instruction, the purpose of ''Dignitas connubii'' was to give the ministers of justice (tribunal officers) a practical and convenient guide for handling tribunal work in matrimonial nullity processes.[ It was intended to serve the same purpose that a similar instruction, ''Provida Mater'', had in 1936][ under the ]1917 Code of Canon Law
The 1917 ''Code of Canon Law'' (abbreviated 1917 CIC, from its Latin title ), also referred to as the Pio-Benedictine Code,Dr. Edward Peters accessed June-9-2013 was the first official comprehensive codification of Latin canon law.
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References
External links
''Dignitas connubii'' in English translation
Vatican.va.
JGray.org.
Vatican.va.
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Catholic matrimonial canon law
Tribunals of the Catholic Church
Catholic procedural canon law
Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
Documents of the Roman Curia
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