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cathedra

throne indicative of religious power. [Folklore: Jobes, 307]

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Authority
Bernini, Giovanni Lorenzo
Honorius I
infallibility

Monotheletism
papal infallibility
throne
Vatican Council, First

Are we to have a Pope of science, with infallible decrees laid down EX CATHEDRA, and accepted without question by the poor humble public?

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Catesby, Mark
catfish
catgut
Cathari
catharsis
cathartic
Cathay

cathedra
cathedral
Cather, Willa
Cather, Willa Sibert
Catherine de Bourgh, Lady
Catherine de Médicis
Catherine de' Medici
Catherine Howard

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