College of Bishops

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collective body of bishops ecclesiastical body

The College of Bishops is the collective body of all Catholic bishops worldwide, united in teaching and governing authority under the leadership of the pope.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
College of Bishops canonical	2
Catholic bishops in the United States	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	collective body of bishops ⓘ ecclesiastical body ⓘ
canActThrough	synod of bishops ⓘ
canDefine	dogma (with the Pope in council or equivalent act) ⓘ
canExerciseSupremeAuthority	in ecumenical council ⓘ when united with the Pope in solemn acts ⓘ
canonicalStatus	subject of supreme and full power with the Pope ⓘ
communionType	hierarchical communion ⓘ
definedIn	Dogmatic Constitution on the Church ⓘ
derivesAuthorityFrom	apostolic succession ⓘ
distinctFrom	College of Cardinals ⓘ surface form: college of cardinals national episcopal conferences ⓘ
ecclesiologicalConcept	episcopal collegiality ⓘ
exercisesAuthority	collegially with the Pope ⓘ
governs	Catholic Church worldwide ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church (in union with the Pope)
hasCollectiveTitle	successors of the apostles ⓘ
hasFunction	exercise of the supreme and full power over the universal Church with the Pope ⓘ
hasHead	Pope ⓘ surface form: Bishop of Rome
hasJurisdiction	universal Church ⓘ
hasLeader	Pope ⓘ
hasMember	Catholic bishop ⓘ
includesOffice	auxiliary bishop ⓘ diocesan bishop ⓘ titular bishop ⓘ
languageUsedIn	Catholic ecclesiology ⓘ
meetsIn	ecumenical councils ⓘ
membershipCondition	communion with the Pope ⓘ valid episcopal ordination ⓘ
pastoralRole	care of all the churches ⓘ
recognizedBy	Code of Canon Law (1983) ⓘ surface form: Code of Canon Law
relatedDoctrine	magisterium ⓘ papal primacy ⓘ
religiousTradition	Catholic Church worldwide ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
requiresForFullAuthority	union with the Pope as head ⓘ
responsibleFor	authentically interpreting revelation ⓘ pastoral governance of the Church ⓘ preserving the deposit of faith ⓘ
scopeOfAuthority	universal ⓘ
sharesResponsibilityFor	governing authority in the Catholic Church ⓘ teaching authority in the Catholic Church ⓘ
subordinateTo	Pope ⓘ
symbolizes	unity of the Church in faith and governance ⓘ unity of the episcopate ⓘ
teaches	Catholic doctrine ⓘ
teachingOffice	ordinary and universal magisterium (with the Pope) ⓘ
theologicalBasis	Lumen Gentium ⓘ surface form: Lumen gentium Second Vatican Council ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Papacy → recognizedAsHeadOf → College of Bishops ⓘ

Bishop of Nueve de Julio → communionWith → College of Bishops ⓘ

General Secretariat → servesConstituency → College of Bishops ⓘ

subject surface form: General Secretariat of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

this entity surface form: Catholic bishops in the United States