Pope John Paul II Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === ''Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches'' === {{Main|Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches}} John Paul II promulgated the ''[[Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches]]'' (CCEO) on 18 October 1990, by the document ''Sacri Canones''.<ref>''AAS''82 (1990) pp. 1033β1063</ref> The CCEO came into force of law on 1 October 1991.<ref>Thomas Kuzhinapurath, ''Salvific Law: Salvific Character of CCEO, An Historical Overview'', Malankara Seminary Publications, Trivandrum, 2008, p.79</ref> It is the [[Codification (law)|codification]] of the common portions of the [[Canon law of the Catholic Church|canon law]] for the 23 of the 24 ''[[sui iuris]]'' churches in the [[Catholic Church]] that are the [[Eastern Catholic Churches]]. It is divided into 30 titles and has a total of 1540 [[Canon (canon law)|canons]].<ref>Pete Vere & Michael Trueman, "Surprised by Canon Law, Vol. 2" (Cincinnati, Ohio: Servant Books, 2007); pg. 123</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page