vicar of Christ
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See also: Vicar of Christ
English
Etymology
From the Latin vicarius Christi.
Noun
vicar of Christ (plural vicars of Christ)
- (Christianity) Any bishop.
- 1964, Pope Paul VI, Lumen Gentium, III. xxvii:
- Bishops, as vicars and ambassadors of Christ, govern the particular churches entrusted to them by their counsel, exhortations, example, and even by their authority and sacred power...
- Alternative letter-case form of Vicar of Christ, a title variously granted to the Holy Ghost and to the bishop of Rome.