
In the broadest sense, a vicar (from the Latin vicarius) is anyone acting as a substitute or agent for a superior (compare "vicarious"). In this sense, the title is comparable to ''lieutenant''. Usually the title appears in a number of Christianity ecclesia (sociology of religion) contexts, but in the Holy Roman Empire a local representative of the emperor, perhaps an archduke, might be styled "vicar". In Roman Catholic canon law, a vicar is the local representative of any ecclesiastic. The Romans had used the term to describe officials subordinate to the praetorian prefects. In the early Christian churches, bishops likewise had their vicars, such as the archdeacons and archpriests, and also the rural priest, the curate who had the ''cure'' of all the souls outside the episcopal cities. The position of the Roman Catholic vicar as it evolved, is sketched in the ''Catholic Encyclopedia'', 1908 [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15401a.htm] The Pope uses the title ''Vicarius Christi'', meaning, the ''vicar of Jesus Christ''. The papacy first used this title in the eighth century; earlier they used the title ''vicar of St. Saint Peter'' or ''vicarius principis apostolorum'', the ''vicar of the chief of the apostles''. The distinction in the claim for authority will be immediately apparent. Some papal legate are honoured by the title ''Vicar of the Apostolic See''. In the Anglican Communion, ''vicar'' is the ordinary title given to certain parish priests. Historically, Anglican parish clergymen were divided into rectors, vicars, and perpetual curates. These were distinguished according to the way in which they were remunerated. The church was supported by tithes - taxes (traditionally, as the etymology of ''tithe'' suggests, of 10%) levied on the agricultural output of the parish. These were divided into ''greater tithes'' levied on wheat, hay and wood, and lesser tithes levied on the remainder. A rector received both greater and lesser tithes, a vicar the lesser tithes only. A perpetual curate received no tithe income and was supported by the diocese. The adjective ''perpetual'' emphasises that such a clergyman enjoyed the same security of tenure as his more affluent peers. An Act of Parliament of 1868 permitted perpetual curates to style themselves vicars. The conjunction of this change with near-contemporaneous church reforms aimed at reducing the disparities of income among clergymen meant that the distinction between the grades of clergymen became progressively less relevant and remarked upon. In either tradition, a vicar can be the priest of a "chapel of ease", a church which is not a parish church. Non-resident canons led also to the institution of ''vicars choral'', each canon having his own vicar, who sat in his stall in his absence (see Cathedral). Oliver Goldsmith's novel ''The Vicar of Wakefield'' (1766) and the Barsetshire novels of Anthony Trollope, and in France Honoré de Balzac's ''The Curate of Tours'' (''Le Curé de Tours'') all evoke the impoverished world of the 18th and 19th century vicar, while the satiric ballad "The Vicar of Bray" reveals the changes of conscience a vicar in Berkshire might be forced through, in order to retain his meagre post, between the 1680s and 1720s. Many English culture figures started life as the educated but impoverished son of a vicar: Sir Francis Drake, Thomas Hobbes, John Henley, John Lightfoot, Samuel Taylor Coleridge Adam Sedgwick,Cecil Rhodes, Nassau William Senior, or Charles Kingsley, for some examples drawn from various intellectual fields. Robert Herrick (poet) was himself a vicar. In the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, a vicar is a priest in charge of a mission, that is, a congregation supported by its diocese, as opposed to a self-sustaining parish, which is headed by a rector. == External links == *[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15401a.htm ''The Catholic Encyclopedia: vicar''] *[http://www.stthomasu.ca/~hunt/braytext.htm ''The Vicar of Bray''] e-text Anglicanism Roman Catholic Church Offices
According to the afterword to Anthony Trollope's ''The Last Chronicle of Barset'', the distinction (for the Anglican Church) between Vicar and Rector is receipt of the ''great tithes'' as opposed to the ''lesser tithes''. Parish clergymen who received neither were perpetual curates. An Act of Parliament contributed to the confusion by permitting all perpetual curates to style themselves vicars. -- User:Alan Peakall 16:36 Feb 18, 2003 (UTC) : The distinction I got is as it was stated in a 1957 Encyclopedia Britannica. Assuming it is true, I'm not sure how helpful Trollope's distinction would be without knowing what ''great tithes'' or ''lesser tithes'' were. ---User:Ihcoyc ::Thanks for the speedy reply. The afterword that I referred to was that of the editor of a modern edition, not that of AT himself. Off hand I cannot remember the precise aportionment of parish aggricultural output between great tithes and lesser tithes, but I am confident that I can retrieve this information from the same source for addition to the article provided that you do not have better information to the contrary. -- User:Alan Peakall 17:50 Feb 18, 2003 (UTC) :::If you have more data, by all means take it and run with it. I started this page because in something else that I know more about, I referenced the fact that a subject was made a vicar and it came up red, and I wondered why some clergymen in England were vicars and others weren't. ---User:Ihcoyc ::::Thanks for the go-ahead. The author of the afterword that I referenced was Laurence Lerner. I have linked to the article on tithes (which in turn links to Dissolution of the Monasteries), in the hope of this update setting up beneficial ripples. Maybe there should be a link here from curate or a redirect page perpetual curate. -- User:Alan Peakall 09:34 Feb 19, 2003 (UTC) :::::Well, if this keeps up we'll be reading a single column of letters across the right margin. AAR, I have set up a page at curate that for now redirects here. So far, this page is the only one linking there. Perhaps curé may also be needed at some time. -- User:Ihcoyc
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Vicariance
Vicariate
Vicariate_Apostolic
Vicariously_liable
Vicarious_liability
Vicarious_liability
Vicarius
Vicarius_Filii_Dei
Vicarius_Filii_Dei
Vicari_LaMarianne_240px.jpg
Vicars_general
Vicar_(Comics_Artist)
Vicar_apostolic
Vicar_forane
Vicar_General
Vicar_general
Vicar_of_Bray
Vicar_of_Christ
Vicar_of_Christ_(novel)
Vicar_of_Dibley
Vicar
In the broadest sense, a vicar (from the Latin vicarius) is anyone acting as a substitute or agent for a superior (compare "vicarious"). In this sense, the title is comparable to ''lieutenant''. Usually the title appears in a number of Christianity ecclesia (sociology of religion) contexts, but in the Holy Roman Empire a local representative of the emperor, perhaps an archduke, might be styled "vicar". In Roman Catholic canon law, a vicar is the local representative of any ecclesiastic. The Romans had used the term to describe officials subordinate to the praetorian prefects. In the early Christian churches, bishops likewise had their vicars, such as the archdeacons and archpriests, and also the rural priest, the curate who had the ''cure'' of all the souls outside the episcopal cities. The position of the Roman Catholic vicar as it evolved, is sketched in the ''Catholic Encyclopedia'', 1908 [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15401a.htm] The Pope uses the title ''Vicarius Christi'', meaning, the ''vicar of Jesus Christ''. The papacy first used this title in the eighth century; earlier they used the title ''vicar of St. Saint Peter'' or ''vicarius principis apostolorum'', the ''vicar of the chief of the apostles''. The distinction in the claim for authority will be immediately apparent. Some papal legate are honoured by the title ''Vicar of the Apostolic See''. In the Anglican Communion, ''vicar'' is the ordinary title given to certain parish priests. Historically, Anglican parish clergymen were divided into rectors, vicars, and perpetual curates. These were distinguished according to the way in which they were remunerated. The church was supported by tithes - taxes (traditionally, as the etymology of ''tithe'' suggests, of 10%) levied on the agricultural output of the parish. These were divided into ''greater tithes'' levied on wheat, hay and wood, and lesser tithes levied on the remainder. A rector received both greater and lesser tithes, a vicar the lesser tithes only. A perpetual curate received no tithe income and was supported by the diocese. The adjective ''perpetual'' emphasises that such a clergyman enjoyed the same security of tenure as his more affluent peers. An Act of Parliament of 1868 permitted perpetual curates to style themselves vicars. The conjunction of this change with near-contemporaneous church reforms aimed at reducing the disparities of income among clergymen meant that the distinction between the grades of clergymen became progressively less relevant and remarked upon. In either tradition, a vicar can be the priest of a "chapel of ease", a church which is not a parish church. Non-resident canons led also to the institution of ''vicars choral'', each canon having his own vicar, who sat in his stall in his absence (see Cathedral). Oliver Goldsmith's novel ''The Vicar of Wakefield'' (1766) and the Barsetshire novels of Anthony Trollope, and in France Honoré de Balzac's ''The Curate of Tours'' (''Le Curé de Tours'') all evoke the impoverished world of the 18th and 19th century vicar, while the satiric ballad "The Vicar of Bray" reveals the changes of conscience a vicar in Berkshire might be forced through, in order to retain his meagre post, between the 1680s and 1720s. Many English culture figures started life as the educated but impoverished son of a vicar: Sir Francis Drake, Thomas Hobbes, John Henley, John Lightfoot, Samuel Taylor Coleridge Adam Sedgwick,Cecil Rhodes, Nassau William Senior, or Charles Kingsley, for some examples drawn from various intellectual fields. Robert Herrick (poet) was himself a vicar. In the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, a vicar is a priest in charge of a mission, that is, a congregation supported by its diocese, as opposed to a self-sustaining parish, which is headed by a rector. == External links == *[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15401a.htm ''The Catholic Encyclopedia: vicar''] *[http://www.stthomasu.ca/~hunt/braytext.htm ''The Vicar of Bray''] e-text Anglicanism Roman Catholic Church Offices
Vicar
According to the afterword to Anthony Trollope's ''The Last Chronicle of Barset'', the distinction (for the Anglican Church) between Vicar and Rector is receipt of the ''great tithes'' as opposed to the ''lesser tithes''. Parish clergymen who received neither were perpetual curates. An Act of Parliament contributed to the confusion by permitting all perpetual curates to style themselves vicars. -- User:Alan Peakall 16:36 Feb 18, 2003 (UTC) : The distinction I got is as it was stated in a 1957 Encyclopedia Britannica. Assuming it is true, I'm not sure how helpful Trollope's distinction would be without knowing what ''great tithes'' or ''lesser tithes'' were. ---User:Ihcoyc ::Thanks for the speedy reply. The afterword that I referred to was that of the editor of a modern edition, not that of AT himself. Off hand I cannot remember the precise aportionment of parish aggricultural output between great tithes and lesser tithes, but I am confident that I can retrieve this information from the same source for addition to the article provided that you do not have better information to the contrary. -- User:Alan Peakall 17:50 Feb 18, 2003 (UTC) :::If you have more data, by all means take it and run with it. I started this page because in something else that I know more about, I referenced the fact that a subject was made a vicar and it came up red, and I wondered why some clergymen in England were vicars and others weren't. ---User:Ihcoyc ::::Thanks for the go-ahead. The author of the afterword that I referenced was Laurence Lerner. I have linked to the article on tithes (which in turn links to Dissolution of the Monasteries), in the hope of this update setting up beneficial ripples. Maybe there should be a link here from curate or a redirect page perpetual curate. -- User:Alan Peakall 09:34 Feb 19, 2003 (UTC) :::::Well, if this keeps up we'll be reading a single column of letters across the right margin. AAR, I have set up a page at curate that for now redirects here. So far, this page is the only one linking there. Perhaps curé may also be needed at some time. -- User:Ihcoyc
See other meanings of words starting from letter:
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Words begining with Vicar:
Vicar
Vicar
Vicar-general
Vicara
Vicariance
Vicariance
Vicariate
Vicariate_Apostolic
Vicariously_liable
Vicarious_liability
Vicarious_liability
Vicarius
Vicarius_Filii_Dei
Vicarius_Filii_Dei
Vicari_LaMarianne_240px.jpg
Vicars_general
Vicar_(Comics_Artist)
Vicar_apostolic
Vicar_forane
Vicar_General
Vicar_general
Vicar_of_Bray
Vicar_of_Christ
Vicar_of_Christ_(novel)
Vicar_of_Dibley
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