vicar of Christ

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The Pope.

   “"We should never have had the law of 1571, against bulls, and Agnus Deis, and blessed grains, if the Pope's bull of 1569 had not made them matter of treason." "What, sir?" almost roared Parsons, "do you dare to speak evil of the edicts of the Vicar of Christ?"”

2. isim The Holy Ghost.
3. isim Any bishop.

   “Bishops, as vicars and ambassadors of Christ, govern the particular churches entrusted to them by their counsel, exhortations, example, and even by their authority and sacred power...”

4. isim Alternative letter-case form of Vicar of Christ, a title variously granted to the Holy Ghost and to the bishop of Rome.