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Corpus Juris Canonici

Okay kiddo, so the corpus juris canonici was a big old book that the Catholic Church made a long time ago. It had a lot of different laws and rules that were important for how the Church worked.

Now, you might be wondering, what kind of laws were in this book? Well, there were things like how to become a priest, how to get married in the Church, and how to do different kinds of religious ceremonies. There were also rules about things like how to punish people if they did something wrong, and how to handle money that was donated to the Church.

The Church wanted this book to be really important, so people had to follow these laws and rules carefully. They even made sure that people who had power in the Church, like bishops and popes, knew how to read and understand the book.

Nowadays, the corpus juris canonici isn't used as much as it used to be, because the Church has changed some of its laws over time. But it's still an important part of the history of the Catholic Church, and it helps us understand how things used to be done.