Vicar of Christ

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ecclesiastical title honorific title papal title

The Vicar of Christ is a traditional title signifying the Pope’s role as the earthly representative of Jesus Christ and spiritual head of the Catholic Church.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Vicar of Christ canonical	15

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ecclesiastical title ⓘ honorific title ⓘ papal title ⓘ
affirmedBy	First Vatican Council ⓘ Second Vatican Council ⓘ
appliedToOffice	Pope ⓘ surface form: Bishop of Rome
associatedWith	Papacy ⓘ surface form: Papal supremacy Papacy ⓘ surface form: Petrine primacy papacy ⓘ
codifiedIn	1917 Code of Canon Law ⓘ Code of Canon Law (1983) ⓘ surface form: 1983 Code of Canon Law
contrastedWith	Vicar of Peter ⓘ
criticizedFor	claim of universal spiritual authority ⓘ
denotesRole	earthly representative of Jesus Christ ⓘ spiritual head of the Catholic Church ⓘ
developedIn	Western Christianity ⓘ surface form: Latin Christianity
hasAspect	doctrinal authority ⓘ liturgical presidency ⓘ pastoral leadership ⓘ
hasMeaning	vicarious representative of Christ on earth ⓘ
hasOppositionFrom	some Protestant traditions ⓘ
heldBy	all validly elected Popes ⓘ current Pope ⓘ
impliesAuthorityOver	Catholic bishops ⓘ Catholic faithful ⓘ
impliesResponsibilityFor	governance of the universal Church ⓘ preservation of doctrine ⓘ unity of the Church ⓘ
isTitleOf	head of the Catholic Church ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	Latin ⓘ
originalForm	Vicarius Christi ⓘ
recognizedBy	magisterium of the Catholic Church ⓘ surface form: Catholic magisterium Code of Canon Law (1983) ⓘ surface form: Code of Canon Law
relatedTitle	Pope ⓘ surface form: Bishop of Rome Pope ⓘ surface form: Roman Pontiff Servant of the Servants of God ⓘ Pope ⓘ surface form: Supreme Pontiff
theologicalBasisIn	John 21:15–17 ⓘ Matthew 16:18–19 ⓘ Pillars of the Church ⓘ surface form: Petrine ministry
titleHolds	universal jurisdiction over the Catholic Church ⓘ
usedBy	Pope ⓘ
usedIn	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
usedInContext	Catholic theology ⓘ canon law ⓘ
usedInDocumentType	papal bulls ⓘ papal encyclicals ⓘ
usedSinceCentury	3rd century ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Pope → traditionalTitle → Vicar of Christ ⓘ

Papacy → associatedWithTitle → Vicar of Christ ⓘ

Wibert of Ravenna (Antipope Clement III) → claimedTitle → Vicar of Christ ⓘ

subject surface form: Wibert of Ravenna

pontificate of Gregory XI → papalTitle → Vicar of Christ ⓘ

Pope Zosimus → hasTitle → Vicar of Christ ⓘ

Pope John XI → title → Vicar of Christ ⓘ

Pope Theodore I → title → Vicar of Christ ⓘ

Pope Siricius → title → Vicar of Christ ⓘ

Pope Boniface III → title → Vicar of Christ ⓘ

Pope Stephen II → title → Vicar of Christ ⓘ

Pope Leo III → title → Vicar of Christ ⓘ

Pope Hadrian II → title → Vicar of Christ ⓘ

Pope Alexander II → hasTitle → Vicar of Christ ⓘ

Pope Stephen III → title → Vicar of Christ ⓘ

Holy Father → hasRole → Vicar of Christ ⓘ