from Modern Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J. Doubleday & Co., Inc. Garden City, NY 1980
Papacy. A term applied to the office and jurisdiction of the Pope as the Vicar of Christ on earth; and also to the papal authority viewed as a religious and social force in history since the beginning of the Christian era. It generally refers to the system of ecclesiastical government in the Catholic Church headed by the Pope. (Etym. Latin papa father)
Papal means anything relating to the Pope in the Roman Catholic Church.
"Papacy" is the term for the office held by the Pope.
i am orthodox and personally i have never heard of this papal infallibility been used in the church or dogmata.
The pope lives in the Papal Apartments in the Vatican not in a church.
Robert F. Hayburn has written: 'Papal legislation on sacred music, 95 A.D. to 1977 A.D' -- subject(s): Catholic Church, Church music, Papal Bulls, Papal documents 'Papal Legislation on Sacred Music'
Catholic Church. Pope has written: 'The Church' -- subject(s): Papal documents, Church
A papal envoy is a representative of the Catholic church who is sent on a special mission, much the same as an ambassador in the political realm.
symbollum bullum, was a papal decree granting official roman church authority to some person place or thing
It is no longer called the Papal Court nor does it govern the Church. Since 1968 it has been called the Papal Household or Pontifical Household and consists of dignitaries who assist the Pope in carrying out particular ceremonies of either a religious or a civil character.
The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter
its a certificate conferred by the hoy father of the roman catholic church.
An encyclical is a letter from the pope to the Church in general.
The two rival popes claimed authority.
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