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To: .cnI redruM
How quaint. The Vicars of Christ are special people, but they are not making mortgage payments.

AFAIK, this is a title of the RC Pope. No Anglican has this title. And by definition there can be only one VOC at a time.

2 posted on 02/14/2009 2:26:05 PM PST by Sherman Logan (Everyone has a right to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.)
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To: Sherman Logan

From wikipedia:

A “vicar” is, roughly, a representative. In the Catechism of the Catholic Church, in addition to the pope, each bishop is referred to as the “Christ’s Vicar”(§1560) to their diocese, and the conscience is called “the aboriginal Vicar of Christ.”(§1778)


3 posted on 02/14/2009 2:43:46 PM PST by dangus
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To: Sherman Logan

1) The sentence above was specifically intended to swipe at Benedict. Please accept my apology if this was how it was taken.

2) Other protestant denominations do refer to higher ranking clergymen as vicars and sometimes Vicars of Christ.


5 posted on 02/14/2009 4:33:50 PM PST by .cnI redruM (Change is not always good, and Hope is not a plan.)
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