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abuse of that authority has caused harm.","Members' vows and faith deserve respect."],"affectedParties":["Members of the institute","People served by it"]},"owners":{"steward":"The religious institute, under its constitutions and church authority.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["Church directories of religious institutes"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q1638918","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q1776501","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q4907518","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q63188808","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"superior","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"religious institute","type":"related"},{"target":"Superior General of the Society of Jesus","type":"related"},{"target":"grand master (order)","type":"related","note":"military order title"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.superior-general","Wikidata: Q1337239 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1337239)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":["canon law term: supreme moderator note - Code of Canon Law 1983, canon 622","Jesuit superior general term: traditionally for life note - resignation permitted","Order of Santiago grand mastership: held by the Spanish crown note - since the late 15th century"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"optional","items":["A superior general heads a Catholic religious institute.","Titles include supreme moderator, general moderator, prior general of the Carthusians and minister general, while the named military and hospitaller offices include Grand Master of the Order of Santiago and grand prior hospitaller.","Provincials lead regions; abbots lead autonomous monasteries; bishops lead dioceses; grand masters lead chivalric orders.","Not a visible object; an office held by a person."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain the office","relay titles and election","describe named offices","distinguish related offices"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Confusing religious and chivalric offices","Imposing one order s titles on others","Stale office holder information"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["1983 Code of Canon Law on religious institutes","Constitutions of each institute"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Governing a religious institute.","superiors general of congregations","ministers general of Franciscan families","masters of the Dominican Order","priors general","heads of military and hospitaller orders"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q1337239: superior general","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1337239","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Superior general (Christianity)","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_general_%28Christianity%29","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["The registry aliases for military order offices should be moved to their own entries","How should religious order sources be linked?","How should current office holders be kept current?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q1337239/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q1337239/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-13T21:27:04Z","builder":"tools/build_cards.py@1.0.0"},"completeness":{"sections":{"classifiers":"filled","whatItIs":"filled","purpose":"filled","distinguishingFeatures":"filled","structure":"filled","agentConduct":"filled","ethics":"filled","owners":"filled","relations":"filled","interaction.identity":"filled","interaction.properties":"not-applicable","interaction.recognition":"filled","interaction.capabilities":"filled","interaction.hazards":"filled","interaction.interfaces":"filled","interaction.context":"filled","sources":"filled"},"notes":{"_gate":"Published through the thing publication gate 1.0 on 2026-10-07T10:10:26+00:00: completeness 1.00; 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