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magisterium
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mag·is·te·ri·um  (mj-stîr-m)
n. Roman Catholic Church
The authority to teach religious doctrine.

[Latin, the office of a teacher or other person in authority, from magister, master; see magisterial.]

magisterium [ˌmædʒɪˈstɪərɪəm]
n
(Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) the teaching authority or function of the Roman Catholic Church
[see magistery]


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Currently, these duties fall under the purview of the Petrine office, which has given a special aura to papal edicts intended to centralize power in Rome.
So I think bishops today should take the pope at his word and reshape the collaboration between the Petrine office and the episcopal office.
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