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- DictionaryVic·ar of Christ/ˌvikər əv ˈkrīst/
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- 1. (in the Roman Catholic Church) a title of the Pope.
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Vicar of Christ (from Latin) is a term used in different ways and with different theological connotations throughout history. The original notion of a vicar is as an "earthly representative of Christ", but it's also used in the sense of "person acting as parish priest in place of a real person." The title is now used in Catholicism to refer to the bishops, and more specifically, was historically u... Wikipedia