Lumen (anatomy), the cavity or channel within a tubular structure
Thylakoid lumen, the inner membrane space of the chloroplast
141 Lumen, an asteroid discovered by the French astronomer Paul Henry in 1875
Lumen (band), an American post-rock band
The lumen (symbol: lm) is the SI unit of luminous flux. ... The lumen is the interior of a vessel within the body, such as the small central space in an artery or vein, or any of their relating vessels, down which blood flows. ... The thylakoid lumen is the compartment in the chloroplast bounded by the thylakoid membrane. ... 141 Lumen is a dark, large rocky asteroid 135 km in diameter (about the size of the island of Puerto Rico) near the inner edge of the Main belt within the Eunomia family of asteroids. ...
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Section 8 of the Second Vatican Council's Decree on the Church, Lumen Gentium states that "the one Church of Christ which in the Creed is professed as one, holy, catholic and apostolic" subsists "in the Catholic Church, which is governed by the successor of Peter and by the bishops in communion with him."
The Second Vatican Council document, Lumen Gentium, 8, says that the sole Church of Christ as "subsists in", rather than simply "is" the Catholic Church, in view of its following statement: "Nevertheless, many elements of sanctification and truth are found outside its visible confines.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church, 882, quoting the Second Vatican Council’s document Lumen Gentium, states: "The Pope, Bishop of Rome and Peter’s successor, ‘is the perpetual and visible source and foundation of the unity both of the bishops and of the whole company of the faithful.’"
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