Papacy

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authority in the Catholic Church ecclesiastical office leadership role religious institution

The Papacy is the office and authority of the Pope as the spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church and, historically, a significant political power in Europe.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Petrine primacy 3
Papal supremacy 2
History of the Papacy 1

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf authority in the Catholic Church ⓘ
ecclesiastical office ⓘ
leadership role ⓘ
religious institution ⓘ
associatedWith Holy See ⓘ
associatedWithTitle Pope ⓘ
surface form: Bishop of Rome

Servant of the Servants of God ⓘ
Pope ⓘ
surface form: Supreme Pontiff

Vicar of Christ ⓘ
basedIn Vatican City ⓘ
centralDoctrine Apostolic succession ⓘ
Papal infallibility ⓘ
Papal primacy ⓘ
claimsSuccessionFrom Apostle Peter ⓘ
surface form: Saint Peter
definedByCouncil First Vatican Council ⓘ
Second Vatican Council ⓘ
electsPopeIn Papal conclave ⓘ
exercisesAuthorityOver Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Latin Church worldwide ⓘ
surface form: Latin Church
experienced Avignon Papacy ⓘ
foundedOnBeliefIn primacy of Saint Peter ⓘ
governs Holy See ⓘ
hasJurisdictionType universal jurisdiction over the Catholic Church ⓘ
hasLanguage Italian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
hasOfficialNameInCanonLaw Pope ⓘ
surface form: Roman Pontiff
hasResidence Apostolic Palace ⓘ
Domus Sanctae Marthae ⓘ
hasRole spiritual leadership of the Catholic Church ⓘ
supreme governing authority in the Catholic Church ⓘ
supreme judicial authority in the Catholic Church ⓘ
supreme teaching authority in the Catholic Church ⓘ
hasSuccessorOfficeTo Pillars of the Church ⓘ
surface form: Petrine ministry
headedBy Pope ⓘ
heldTemporalPowerUntil 1870 ⓘ
historicallyBasedIn Rome ⓘ
historicallyExercisedPowerIn Papal States ⓘ
influencedEuropeanPolitics Early modern period ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
Renaissance ⓘ
issuesDocumentType Apostolic constitution ⓘ
Apostolic exhortation ⓘ
motu proprio Dei Providentis ⓘ
surface form: Motu proprio

Papal encyclical ⓘ
lostPapalStatesIn 1870 ⓘ
oversees Roman Curia ⓘ
partOf Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
periodOfAvignonPapacy 1309–1377 ⓘ
playedRoleIn Crusades ⓘ
Investiture Controversy ⓘ
Western Schism ⓘ
recognizedAsHeadOf College of Bishops ⓘ
recognizedAsSovereignBy Lateran Treaty ⓘ
signatoryWith Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbolizedBy Fisherman’s Ring ⓘ
Keys of Heaven ⓘ
Oil of the Sick ⓘ
surface form: Pallium

Papal tiara ⓘ
usesElectoralBody College of Cardinals ⓘ
yearOfLateranTreaty 1929 ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

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

this entity surface form: papacy of Benedict XVI
this entity surface form: Petrine primacy
this entity surface form: Papal supremacy
Dante Alighieri → deathPlace → Papacy ⓘ
Carlo Maderno → employer → Papacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holy See under Pope Francis
this entity surface form: Papal supremacy
Crusades → initiatedBy → Papacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petrine primacy
Papal scudo → issuer → Papacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Papal government
Ulrich von Hutten → opposed → Papacy ⓘ
Hussite movement → opposedBy → Papacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: papacy of John Paul II
this entity surface form: Papal monarchy
subject surface form: Pastor aeternus
this entity surface form: Petrine primacy
Pope Boniface IV → seeAlso → Papacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: History of the Papacy