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Vicar of Christ

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Vicar of Christ
RC Church the pope when regarded as Christ's earthly representative


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To paraphrase a holy pontiff who, as Vicar of Christ, gave exemplary service during my lifetime, "the smoke of Satan has entered St.
With the work of Kantorowicz and Giesey as reference point and methodological model, Paravicini-Baglioni analyzes theory; visual imagery, ceremony and ritual to follow the interplay between the symbolic figure of the pope as vicar of Christ, whose early death served an edifying purpose, and popes in the flesh who, like most humans, preferred to postpone their demise as long as possible.
The stark and unavoidable choice facing the vicar of Christ and the council was simply this: Do we lay the foundations for the church of the third millennium, or do we preside over the final days of the Roman Catholic Church as a dynamic and relevant force in the modern world?
 
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