Pontifex Maximus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Pontifex Maximus (which literally means "Greatest Bridge-maker") was the high priest of the Ancient Roman College of Pontiffs (Collegium Pontificum). This was the most important position in the ...
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Pope - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The pope (from Latin: "papa" or "father" from Greek , pápas , "papa", Papa in Italian) is the Bishop of Rome and, as such, is leader of the worldwide Catholic Church (that is, both the Latin Rit...
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SINCE THE Roman Pontiff, as successor of St. Peter in the See of Rome, is Vicar of Christ on earth as well as supreme Shepherd and visible head of the universal Church, his election has always been an object of special attention.
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JOHN PAUL II; SUPREME PONTIFF; APOSTOLIC CONSTITUTION;; ON THE VACANCY ; OF THE APOSTOLIC SEE ; AND THE ELECTION ; OF THE ROMAN PONTIFF ... This regards, first of all, the body entrusted with providing for the election of the Roman Pontiff: based on a millennial practice sanctioned by specific canonical norms and confirmed...
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The Church: Mystery, Sacrament, Community: Catechesis on the Creed, part IV ... The infallibility of the Roman Pontiff is a very important topic for the Church's life. For this reason a further reflection on the conciliar texts seems appropriate in order to state in greater detail the meaning and extent of this prerogative.
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Primacy of the Roman See ... Tertullian, now lapsed into heresy, fiercely attacks "the peremptory edict", which "the supreme pontiff, the bishop of bishops", has sent forth. The words are intended as sarcasm: but none the less they indicate clearly the position of authority claimed by Rome.
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4, where it is defined that the Roman pontiff when he teaches ex cathedra "enjoys, by reason of the Divine assistance promised to him in blessedPeter, that infallibility with which the Divine Redeemer wished His Church to be endowed in defining doctrine regarding faith and morals".
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The Polish Pontiff died at 9:37 p.m. on April 2, 2005. Some 60,000 people had gathered in the square that night to pray the rosary for the dying Pope. ... Pope Benedict XVI will publish his first encyclical - a pontiff's most authoritative declaration - next month, the Vatican said Friday.
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©Catholic Online 2005 ... Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger; Mass in St. Peter's Basilica; April 18, 2005 ... “At this hour of great responsibility, we hear with special consideration what the Lord says to us in his own words. From the three readings I would like to examine just a few passages which concern us directly at this time.
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