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Encyclopedia of Religion entry forCardinalThe term is explained as follows in C. H. Bowden‘s Simple Dictionary for Catholics. " A name first given (in the fourth century) to the priests having charge of the Roman parish churches or ` titles,‘ and now to the immediate counselors and assistants of the Sovereign Pontiff, whose election rests with them. The college of Cardinals consists of six bishops, fifty priests, and fourteen deacons; but the number is seldom complete.". citations: Encyc. of Rel., Canney
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