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However it only remains in use as the official Style or standard of address in reference to a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church , reflecting their status as a Prince Of The Church , ecclesistically outranking Archbishops and even Patriarchs. Patriarch s of the Eastern Rite who are also Cardinals may be addressed as "His Eminence" or by the style particular to Eastern Rite Patriarchs, His Beatitude. While the term is shunned by many individuals of other Faith s or Denomination s of Christianity , the title is officially maintained in international Diplomacy without regard for its Doctrinal , Philosophical and Theological origins. When the Grand Master of the Military Order of the Knights Of Malta , the Head of state of their sovereign territorial state comprising the island of Malta until 1797, who had already been created a Reichsfürst (i.e. Prince of the Holy Roman Empire) in 1607, was granted ecclesiastical equality with the Cardinals in 1630, he was also awarded the hybrid style His Most Eminent Highness.
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