Episcopal see - Citizendia

An episcopal see is the ecclesiastical domain of authority of a bishop. A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight See comes from the Latin word sedes, meaning seat. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. This refers to the episcopal throne (cathedra) located in the bishop's church (cathedral) in which the bishop sits as the principal symbol of his office. A cathedra ( Latin, "chair" from Greek, kathedra, "seat" is the Chair or Throne of a Bishop This article is about the history and organisation of the cathedral See is still used in that way but only in poetic contexts.

Episcopal see is often erroneously replaced in popular usage by diocese. In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglican churches, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a Bishop. The term occasionally is taken to refer also to the governmental bodies assisting the bishop (such as the curia). In Religion, a curia consists of a group of officials who assist in the governance of a Particular Church.

With the four different meanings, things become rather confusing when sedes is used in canon law. Canon law is internal ecclesiastical law governing the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox churches and the Anglican Communion of churches An example of all four usages is the term Holy See of Rome, which in the Roman Catholic Church could mean the cathedra in the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the person who sits in that cathedra (the Pope), the governmental bodies which assist him in the exercise of his office (principally the Roman Curia), or the territory over which he is local ordinary (Rome), all depending on the context. The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome, commonly known as the Pope, and is the preeminent Episcopal see of the Roman Catholic The Basilica of St John Lateran ( Italian: Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano) is the Cathedral of the church of Rome and the official History See also History of the Papacy Catholics recognize the Pope as a successor to Saint Peter, who Jesus named as the "shepherd" and The Roman Curia is the administrative apparatus of the Holy See and the central governing body of the entire Roman Catholic Church, together with the Pope Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2

Usage of the term is most common in the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion, but is also used by some Lutheran churches; the term is also found translated into several other languages. See also Anglicanism The Anglican Communion is an international association of national Anglican churches Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther