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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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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Chair: :For other uses of the term chair, please see chair (disambiguation)....

Throne: :This article is about royal thrones; for the order of angels by the same name see thrones....

Bishop: A bishop is an ordained member of the Christian clergy who, in certain Christian churches, holds a position of authority....