catholicos

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A catholicos is a high-ranking ecclesiastical leader in certain Eastern Christian churches, often serving as the head of an autocephalous or autonomous church with authority similar to that of a patriarch.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf church office
ecclesiastical title
associatedWithRite Armenian Rite NERFINISHED
East Syriac Rite NERFINISHED
West Syriac Rite NERFINISHED
belongsToHierarchyLevel episcopal hierarchy
denotes head of some Eastern Catholic churches
head of the Armenian Apostolic Church
head of the Catholicosate of All Armenians
head of the Catholicosate of Cilicia
head of the Church of the East
etymologyFrom Greek καθολικός (katholikos)
etymologyLanguage Greek
etymologyMeaning universal
governsThrough holy synod NERFINISHED
hasAuthoritySimilarTo patriarch
hasGenderRequirement male (in traditional practice)
hasHistoricalOriginCentury late antiquity
hasJurisdictionScope national church
regional church
hasJurisdictionType ecclesiastical
hasRank high-ranking bishop
hasStyle His Beatitude NERFINISHED
His Holiness
historicallyUsedIn Armenian Apostolic Church NERFINISHED
Church of the East NERFINISHED
Georgian Church NERFINISHED
Syriac tradition
isBishopOfRank metropolitan or higher
isDistinctFrom Anglican primate
Roman Catholic pope NERFINISHED
isHeadOfBodyType autocephalous particular church
autonomous particular church
mayHoldTitle catholicos-patriarch
performsFunction consecration of chrism
ordination of bishops
presiding over synod of bishops
representing church in ecumenical relations
relatedConcept catholicos-patriarch NERFINISHED
patriarch
primate
requiresOrdinationAs bishop
subordinateTo ecumenical council (in matters of faith)
typicalRole head of an autocephalous church
head of an autonomous church
usedIn Church of the East tradition NERFINISHED
Eastern Catholic churches NERFINISHED
Eastern Christianity NERFINISHED
Oriental Orthodox churches NERFINISHED

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