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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Nuncio
Apart from the special faculties in conferring ecclesiastical benefices and in granting spiritual favours, the nuncios had the power of instituting proceedings and giving decisions in cases of ecclesiastical administration and discipline reserved to the pope.
An ordinary and permanent representative of the pope, vested with both political and ecclesiastical powers, accredited to the court of a sovereign or assigned to a definite territory with the duty of safeguarding the interests of the Holy See.
The reports preserved are either the original drafts made by the nuncios themselves, or the original letters drawn up in accordance with these, or copies of the original lettes.
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 Nuncio - encyclopedia article about Nuncio.
Bishops belonging to this category include coadjutor bishops, auxiliary bishops, retired bishops, Cardinal Bishops of suburbicarian dioceses, vicars apostolic, nuncios, and some officials of the Roman Curia.
Both states, however, established formal relations with the Holy See in the late twentieth century, allowing for the appointment of a Papal Nuncio.
The term Holy See (Latin: Sancta Sedes, lit.
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 AllRefer.com - nuncio, apostolic (Roman Catholic And Orthodox Churches: General Terms And Concepts) - Encyclopedia
nuncio, apostolic[nun´shEO] Pronunciation Key, resident legate of the Holy See at the capital of a temporal government.
nuncio, apostolic, Roman Catholic And Orthodox Churches: General Terms And Concepts
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 NUNCIO - Encyclopedia Britannica - NUNCIO - JCSM's Study Center
Nuncios were permanently established at various courts and ecclesiastical centres during the 16th
The pro-nuntius at Vienna has practically the position of a legatus a latere.
of a nuncio are limited by his instructions.
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 definition of nuncio
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