Cathedra

A cathedra is the chair or throne of a bishop. It is a symbol of teaching authority in the Roman Catholic Church, Church of England and its Anglican Communion and to a lesser extent in Lutheran churches. Cathedra is the Latin word for a chair with armrests; its Roman connotations of authority reserved for the Emperor were adopted by bishops after the 4th century. A church into which a cathedra is installed is called a cathedral or co-cathedral — the seat of a particular church called a diocese.

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Chair - Throne - Bishop - Teaching - Authority - Roman Catholic Church - Church of England - Anglican Communion - Lutheran - Church - Latin - Cathedral - Co-cathedral - Particular church - Diocese

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The Cathedra of the Bishop of Rome, the Pope, is in the apse of St. John Lateran, which is extra-territorially a part of the Vatican city-state as a result of the 1929 Lateran Treaties.

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Lateran - Lateran Treaties

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