<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XV" id="mwfA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pope Benedict XV">Pope Benedict XV</a> promulgates the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917_Code_of_Canon_Law" id="mwfQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1917 Code of Canon Law">1917 <i id="mwfg">Code of Canon Law</i></a>, the first comprehensive <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codification_(law)" id="mwfw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Codification (law)">codification</a> of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_canon_law" id="mwgA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Catholic canon law">Catholic canon law</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_history_of_the_Catholic_Church" id="mwgQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Legal history of the Catholic Church">legal history of the Catholic Church</a>.