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Dominus Flevit (Latin, "the Lord wept") is a Roman Catholic church on the Mount of Olives, opposite the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem in Israel.During construction of the sanctuary, archaeologists uncovered artifacts dating back to the Canaanite period, as well as tombs from the Second Temple and Byzantine eras.
The bishop of the church possesses the power to judge for his church; however, since the bishop has many different duties in his diocese, most cases are handled by judges whom he appoints, led by a priest known as the judicial vicar or officialis. A single judge can handle normal contentious and penal cases.
The Catholic Church attributes to the primacy of the pope "full, supreme, and universal power over the whole Church, a power which he can always exercise unhindered," [5] a power that it attributes also to the entire body of the bishops united with the pope. [6]
Officially re-united the Roman Catholic Church with the Eastern Orthodox Churches. This agreement was quickly repudiated by most eastern bishops. [100] 1442 (February 4) Cantate Domino ("Sing praises to the Lord") Part of an attempt by the Catholic Church to reunite with other Christian groups including the Coptic Church of Egypt. 1442 (August 8)
The official body appointed by the qualified ecclesiastical authority for the administration of justice is called a court (judicium ecclesiasticum, tribunal, auditorium) Every such ecclesiastical court consists at the least of two sworn officials: the ecclesiastical judge who gives the decision and the clerk of the court (scriba, secretarius, scriniarius, notarius, cancellarius), whose duty is ...
An appeal may be had to the pope himself, who is the supreme ecclesiastical judge. [4] The Catholic Church has a complete legal system, which is the oldest in the West still in use. [5] The court is named Rota because the judges, called auditors, originally met in a round room to hear cases. [6]
In Catholic ecclesiology, the pope is often called the "Head of the Church" ("Caput Ecclesiae "), the "Visible Head of the Church", or the "Head of the Universal Church", among other variants. Christ himself is the invisible Head of the Church ( Colossians 1.18, and Ephesians 4.15).
The Catholic Church's current official teachings about papal privilege and power that are unacceptable to the Eastern Orthodox churches are the dogma of the pope's infallibility when speaking officially "from the chair of Peter (ex cathedra Petri)" on matters of faith and morals to be held by the whole Church, so that such definitions are ...