English-Dutch translations for Holy See

• Heilige Stoel
  Dit was niet het beleid van de Heilige Stoel. This was not the Holy See' s policy.
  Het spreekt echter vanzelf dat wij de Heilige Stoel steunen in zijn pogingen dergelijke praktijken te bestrijden. Of course, we support the Holy See in its efforts to combat these practices.
  In de eerste plaats wil ik erop wijzen dat de Heilige Stoel één zaak is en de individuele leden van de katholieke kerk een andere. I would like, first of all, to point out that the Holy See is one thing and the individual people belonging to the Catholic Church are another.

Definition of Holy See

• the episcopal jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome, commonly known as the Pope. It is the preeminent see of the Catholic Church. It is also the sovereign entity headed by the Pope which governs the Vatican and represents the Catholic Church in temporal affairs

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