Catholic Dictionary
Find accurate definitions of over 5,000 Catholic terms and phrases (including abbreviations). Based on Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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INTER PARES
Among equals, or one's peers. Term used by those who deny the Pope's primacy of jurisdiction. They claim that he has only a primacy of honor in that he is merely held (without actually being) the first among the bishops in the Catholic Church.
