Folia Canonica 1. (1998)
STUDIES - Astrid Kaptijn: Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium - Important Questions
Folia Canonica 1 (1998) 177-179. «CODEX CANONUM ECCLESIARUM ORIENTALIUM - IMPORTANT QUESTIONS» Convention of the International Society for Canon Law and Comparison of Religious Legislations Institut Catholique de Paris, 30 mars - 2 avril 1998 Short Report The International Society for Canon Law and Comparison of Religious Legislations (Société Internationale de Droit Canonique et de Législations religiouses comparées, SIDC) which is registered in Paris, organises for its members a convention about every two years. This year the board decided to propose to the members some lectures about the Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum Orientalium (CCEO). Several reasons motivated this choice. According to the Apostolic Constitution Sacri canones, for the first time there are collected in one Corpus of laws all the disciplinary canons common to the Eastern catholic churches. The CCEO poses questions for Eastern canonists as well as for their Latin colleagues. In France, the number of eastern faithful is still growing; Latin pastors and tribunal- officials are confronted with the right and duty of the faithful to maintain their own rite, which also includes discipline (cf. CCEO c. 28). Besides, the existence of an «Ordinariate for the eastern catholics residing in France» makes the situation somewhat different from the solutions provided by the CCEO. It must be noted that this Ordinariate does not have any jurisdiction over the Armenian and the Ukrainien faithful, because the first have their own eparchial bishop, while the Ukrainiens are attached to their (apostolic) exarch. Cardinal LUSTIGER, Archbishop of Paris and Ordinary for the eastern catholics in France, opened the Convention, that was attended mainly by Latin canonists, members of the Society, though several eastern ecclesiastical authorities honoured the Convention by their presence. After a short introduction by Mgr. Valdrini, Rector of the Institut Catholique de Paris and President of the SIDC, Mgr. Émile ElD, judge at the supreme tribunal of the Apostolic Signature, gave the inaugural lecture about the fundamental themes of «Rite, Church sui iuris, jurisdiction». His Excellency traced mainly the origins and the history of
