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(latin: papa)
(from greek: πάππας pappas)
(a child’s word for “father”)
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*the pope is the bishop of rome and the leader of the worldwide “catholic church”*
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(the “pope” comes from the greek word “pappas”)
(a child’s word for “father”)
(the primacy of the ‘Roman bishop’ is largely derived from his role as the traditional successor to “Saint Peter”, to whom ‘Jesus’ is supposed to have given the “keys of Heaven” and the powers of “binding and loosing”, naming him as the “rock” upon which the church would be built)
(the current pope is ‘Francis’, who was elected on 13 march 2013, succeeding ‘Benedict XVI’)
(the office of the ‘Pope’ is the papacy)
(his ecclesiastical jurisdiction, the ‘Diocese of Rome’, is often called “the Holy See” or “the Apostolic See”, the latter name being based upon the belief that the ‘Bishop of Rome’ is the successor of ‘Peter the Apostle’)
(the ‘Pope’ is considered one of the world’s most powerful people because of his diplomatic and cultural influence)
(he is also ‘head of state’ of ‘Vatican City’, a sovereign city-state entirely enclaved within the Italian capital city of ‘Rome’)
(the ‘papacy’ is one of the most enduring institutions in the world and has had a prominent part in ‘world history’)
(the popes in ancient times helped in the spread of ‘Christianity’ and the resolution of various doctrinal disputes)
(in the ‘Middle Ages’, they played a role of secular importance in ‘Western Europe’, often acting as arbitrators between Christian monarchs)
(currently, in addition to the expansion of the Christian faith and doctrine, the popes are involved in ‘ecumenism’ and ‘interfaith dialog’, charitable work, and the defense of human rights)
(popes, who originally had no ‘temporal powers’, in some periods of history accrued wide powers similar to those of temporal rulers)
(in recent centuries, popes were gradually forced to give up ‘temporal power’, and ‘papal authority’ is now once again almost exclusively restricted to matters of religion)
(over the centuries, papal claims of spiritual authority have been ever more firmly expressed, culminating in 1870 with the proclamation of the dogma of ‘papal infallibility’ for rare occasions when the pope speaks ex cathedra—literally “from the chair (of ‘Saint Peter’)”—to issue a formal definition of faith or morals)
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“LIST OF POPES”
(*WIKI-LINK*)
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