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cardinal

vr.tr.cardinal · PHY.LIV

Let an agent explain the office of cardinal and the College of Cardinals with attribution to church sources, identify specific cardinals with sources, describe conclaves and ranks, and separate other senses.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain the office of cardinal and the College of Cardinals with attribution to church sources, identify specific cardinals with sources, describe conclaves and ranks, and separate other senses.

A senior official of the Catholic Church appointed by the pope, forming the College of Cardinals that advises the pope and, for cardinal electors under eighty, elects a new pope in conclave, with ranks of cardinal bishop, cardinal priest and cardinal deacon and offices such as Dean of the College and Cardinal Vicar; the term also names a bird and a colour, which are separate senses.

What it is for: Senior Catholic church officials.

It can be explain the office and ranks; identify specific cardinals; describe conclaves and the College; separate other senses.

Distinguishing features

Papal appointment

Electoral role

Three ranks

Red insignia

What it looks like

Clergy distinguished by red vestments and insignia.

How it is recognised

Senior Catholic official appointed by the pope

Member of the College of Cardinals

Bishops and archbishops may or may not be cardinals

Related models

is a kind of - category

Catholic clergyman

is a kind of - historical princely rank

prince

is related to - the Catholic Church

religious organization

is related to - holy orders

sacrament

In practice

Families and kinds

cardinal bishops

cardinal priests

cardinal deacons

cardinal electors and non-electors

historical crown-cardinals and other offices

Standards and regulation

Code of Canon Law

Apostolic constitutions on conclaves

Vatican norms on cardinals

Failure modes and hazards

Confusing senses of cardinal

Misidentifying individuals

Partisan presentation of church controversies

Also called

cardinal electorDean of the College of CardinalsCardinal bishop of SabinaCrown-cardinalcardinal-bishopCardinal Vicarcardinal of the Roman Curiacardinal priestcardinal-deaconcardinal of Nostra Signora del Santissimo Sacramento e Santi Martiri CanadesiCardinal in pectoreTitularcardinal-nephewpseudocardinalcardinal-patriarchcardinal-bishop of OstiaCardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa RufinaCardinal-Bishop of AlbanoCardinal-Bishop of PalestrinaCardinal-Bishop of FrascatiCardinal-bishop of Sabina-Poggio MirtetoCardinal-Bishop of Velletri-Segnicardinal protobishopCardinal Vice-DeanCardinal-Priest of Trinité des MontsCardinal priest of Sant'Onofrio al Gianicolocardinal priest of Saint-Pierre-aux-LiensCardinal-priest Ss. XII Apostolicardinal of Santa Maria degli Angelicardinal of San Pietro in Montorio

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.cardinal-animal

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What a cardinal is.

Attribution.

Office

Office and ranks.

Office

Office.

  1. What is a cardinal, how are cardinals appointed, and what are the ranks of cardinal bishop, priest and deacon, according to canon law? provenance
  2. Is the church office, the bird or the colour meant? boundary

Specific

A specific cardinal.

Specific

Specific cardinal.

  1. Who is this cardinal, and what offices have they held, according to Vatican and reliable sources? provenance
  2. Which entry fits them? action
College The College of Cardinals.

Governance.

Conclave

Electing the pope.

Conclave

Conclave.

  1. How does a conclave work, and who is a cardinal elector? provenance
  2. How have conclave rules changed? provenance

Offices

Offices within the College.

Offices

Offices.

  1. What are the Dean of the College, the Cardinal Vicar and titular churches? provenance
  2. How does the College advise the pope? provenance
History History of the cardinalate.

Context.

Origins

Origins and evolution.

Origins

Origins.

  1. How did the office of cardinal develop, including crown-cardinals and princely status, according to historians? provenance
  2. Which cardinals are historically notable? provenance

Controversy

Controversies.

Controversy

Controversies.

  1. What controversies have concerned cardinals, and how are the positions of the church, critics and courts attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Learn Etiquette and teaching.

Practice.

Etiquette

Forms of address.

Etiquette

Etiquette.

  1. How are cardinals addressed and what insignia do they wear? provenance
  2. Which entry fits Catholic hierarchy generally? action

Teach

Teaching.

Teach

Teaching.

  1. How can the cardinalate be taught in religious studies? action
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should the College of Cardinals be a separate entry?
  • How should Vatican sources be linked?
  • How should controversies be attributed?
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