The Bishop of Birmingham’s seat at St. Philips’ Cathedral, Birmingham. This important chair has a connection to the meaning of the word “cathedral” itself. The Latin for throne is “cathedra”, bishops are described as being “ex cathedra” (trans. “on the throne”). As such the bishop’s chair itself has great importance within the branches of Christianity-like Anglicanism-which have bishops.
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