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Latin
Etymology
See vicārius (“substitute, deputy”), Christus (“Christ”). First attested as a papal epithet in the Roman Synod of 495, but applied literally to bishops, the apostles, and Frankish kings through the Early Middle Ages.[1][2] Restricted to the pope from at least the 13th century.
Noun
vicārius Christī m (genitive vicāriī Christī); second declension
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) Vicar of Christ, the pope
1562, Diego Laynez, Disputatio de origine jurisdictionis episcoporum et de Romani pontificis primatu, III.2.3.168:[…] et quod Spiritus sanctus in conciliis, vel vicarius Christi facit, Christus facere dicitur.- and what the Holy Spirit in the councils or the Vicar of Christ does, is said to be done by Christ.
References
- ^ Landau, Peter (1990) “Kirchenverfassungen”, in Gerhard Müller, editor, Theologische Realenzyklopädie (in German), volume 19, →ISBN, page 116
- ^ Kantorowicz, Ernst (2016) The King’s Two Bodies: A Study in Medieval Political Theology, Princeton Classics edition, →ISBN, pages 89–90