This is an entirely new and comprehensive commentary by canon lawyers from North America & Europe, with a revised English translation of the Code. This new commentary constitutes a landmark contribution to the Church as a whole. Its historical depth and interpretive balance render the meaning of canons accessible not only to canon lawyers but to all those in the Church and beyond it who want to understand canon law, church leaders, laypersons and clergy, and in particular theologians and ethicists will be in debt for a long time to the scholars who made this volume possible. Originally published by The Canon Law Society of America.