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Vicarius Filii Dei (Latin: ''Vicar'' or ''Representative of the Son of God'') is a phrase first used in the forged medieval ''Donation of Constantine'' to refer to Saint Peter, a leader of the Early Christian Church and regarded as the first Pope by the Catholic Church. Its interpretation has been disputed, at times, during the past four centuries. ==Origins and uses of the phrase== The earliest known instance of the phrase ''Vicarius Filii Dei'' is in the ''Donation of Constantine'', now dated between the eighth and the ninth centuries AD. The ''Catholic Encyclopedia'' states that "many of the recent critical students of the document, (Donation of Constantine ) locate its composition at Rome and attribute the forgery to an ecclesiastic, their chief argument being an intrinsic one: this false document was composed in favour of the popes and of the Roman Church, therefore Rome itself must have had the chief interest in a forgery executed for a purpose so clearly expressed". However, it goes on to state, "Grauert, for whom the forger is a Frankish subject, shares the view of Hergenröther, i.e. the forger had in mind a defence of the new Western Empire from the attacks of the Byzantines. Therefore it was highly important for him to establish the legitimacy of the newly founded empire, and this purpose was especially aided by all that the document alleges concerning the elevation of the pope.〔http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05118a.htm〕 Gratian excluded it from his "Decretum". Later it was added as "Palea". It was also included in some collections of Greek canons. As a forgery it currently carries no dogmatic or canonical authority, although it was previously used as such for hundreds of years in the past.〔 The title "Vicarius Filii Dei" appeared again in ''Our Sunday Visitor'', a Catholic journal. An article in the April 18, 1915, issue of ''Our Sunday Visitor'' had the following question and answer: This has been used by some groups as evidence for the claim that the phrase appears on the papal tiara (see below). However, the writer of the article later withdrew his statements. A rebuttal was mentioned in a 1922 edition of the journal: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vicarius Filii Dei」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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