Abstract
On the occasion of the study of the fifth directive Principle for the revision of the CIC, a revision plan for the laws of the Church was suggested in the First General Assembly of the Synods of Bishops (1967): specifically, the question about whether only one Code should be written for the whole Church or whether it should only be valid for the Latin Church; and, in this case, if there should be a Code—or even, several— for the Eastern Catholic Churches. The discussion of this subject was not planned for this assembly: however the Synod could not avoid dealing with it. As a result of this discussion, the majority of the Synodal Fathers decided favourably on the convenience of promulgation of a fundamental or constitutional Law previous to other particular Codes or legislation belonging to the Latin or Eastern Churches, which would ensure legal unity on essential matters, thereby substantially confirming the future revision of the laws of the Church, passed by the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Commission for the revision of the CIC of November 1965: two Codes —Latin and Eastern— proceeded by a fundamental or constitutional Law.
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