 Hence Benedict XIV could rightly say that the collection of his Bulls formed part of the corpus juris.One best explains the signification of the term "corpus juris canonici" by showing the successive meanings which were usually assigned to it in the past and at the present day.Under the name of "corpus canonum" ('body of canons') were designated the collection of Dionysius Exiguus and the "Collectio Anselmo dedicata" (see below).