Chapter (religion)A chapter (Latin: capitulum or capitellum) is one of several bodies of clergy in Catholic, Old Catholic, Anglican, and Nordic Lutheranchurches or their gatherings. NameThe name derives from the habit of convening monks, friars or canons for the reading of a chapter of the Bible or a heading of the order's rule.
Canon (title)Canon (Ancient Greek: κανονικός, romanized: kanonikós) is a Christian title usually used to refer to a member of certain bodies in subject to an ecclesiastical rule. Originally, a canon was a cleric living with others in a clergy house or, later, in one of the houses within the precinct of or close to a cathedral or other major church and conducting his life according to the customary discipline or rules of the church.
Sede vacanteSede vacante (Latin for "the seat being vacant") is the period during which a Catholic diocese or archdiocese has no prelate in office, with the prelate's office being the cathedral. The term is most commonly used to describe the interval between the death or resignation of a pope and the election of his successor, when the Holy See is temporarily without a pope.
BishopLeadership position in religious institutions
DioceseIn church governance, a diocese () or bishopric is the district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. HistoryIn the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated in a larger unit, the diocese (Latindioecesis, from the Greek term διοίκησις, meaning "administration"). Christianity was given legal status in 313 with the Edict of Milan.Canon law of the Catholic ChurchCanon law (from Latin ius canonicum) is the system of religious laws and ecclesiastical legal principles made and enforced by the hierarchical authorities of the Catholic Church to regulate its external organization and government and to order and direct the activities of Catholics toward the mission of the Church.
Catholic ChurchChristian church based in Rome
College (Catholic canon law)A college, in the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church, is a collection (Latin: collegium) of persons united together for a common object so as to form one body. The members are consequently said to be incorporated, or to form a corporation. HistoryColleges existed among the Romans and Greeks from the earliest times. The Roman laws required at least three persons for constituting a college.
Episcopal seeAn episcopal see is the area of a bishop's ecclesiastical jurisdiction. Phrases concerning actions occurring within or outside an episcopal see are indicative of the geographical significance of the term, making it synonymous with diocese. The word see is derived from Latin sedes, which in its original or proper sense denotes the seat or chair that, in the case of a bishop, is the earliest symbol of the bishop's authority.
Canon law of the Anglican CommunionThe Anglican Communion does not have a centralised canon law of its own, unlike the canon law of the Catholic Church. Each of the autonomous member churches of the communion, however, does have a canonical system, and "the Anglican Communion is much more than a mere ad hoc collection of churches."
PopeHead of the Catholic ChurchThe pope is the bishop of Rome and the head of the worldwide Catholic Church. He is also known as the supreme pontiff, Roman pontiff, or sovereign pontiff. From the 8th century until 1870, the pope was the sovereign or head of state of the Papal States, and since 1929 of the much smaller Vatican City State.
PrebendaryA prebendary is a member of the Catholic or Anglican clergy, and a special form of canon who holds an administrative role in a cathedral or collegiate church. When attending services, prebendaries sit in designated seats, usually at the back of the choir stalls, known as prebendal stalls.
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