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<p>The <b>1917 Code of Canon Law</b> (abbreviated <b>1917 CIC</b>, from its Latin title <b><i>Codex Iuris Canonici</i></b>), also referred to as the <b>Pio-Benedictine Code</b>, is the first official comprehensive <a href="page.php?w=codification_%28law%29">codification</a> of <a href="page.php?w=Canon_law_of_the_Catholic_Church">Latin canon law</a>.</p>

<p>Ordered by <a href="page.php?w=Pope_Pius_X">Pope Pius X</a> in 1904 and carried out by the Commission for the Codification of Canon Law, led by <a href="page.php?w=Pietro_Gasparri">Pietro Cardinal Gasparri</a>,</p><p>
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