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Popes
The Pope is the Bishop of Rome and is leader of the worldwide Catholic Church. The Pope is also head of state of the Vatican City, a sovereign city-state entirely enclaved by Rome.
2,799 Questions
Who was the last pope to have children?
Pope Pius IV (1559-1565) had three illegitimate children before his election to the papacy.
What is the difference between a Pope and a King?
Both are bishops but the pope is of higher ranking. The archbishop is generally over one or more diocese which are led by bishops. The pope is over all the archbishops and, therefore, is the highest ranking bishop and leader of the entire Church on earth.
Who was the last pope to be canonized a Saint?
Canonizations occur every few months so anything listed here would soon become obsolete. A list of recent canonizations can be found at this link.
Does a cardinal become a pope?
There are several Rites within the Church. The Latin Rite is the largest and most well-known, but each of the Rites are equal, they are all as ancient, and they all have equal standing. The Cardinal from any Rite may be elected as Pope, the Pope automatically, upon his election, may celebrate any of the Rites. So the short answer to your question is yes, Eastern Rite Cardinals are just as eligible for the papacy as the Latin Rite Cardinals.
Did Pope Gregory the Great marry?
Pope Gregory the great did not marry. He encouraged the priest to become celibate and those who did not leave their wife should be expelled.
Symbolic meaning of the crown of thorns?
The Crown of thorns mentioned in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ suggest the Romans chastised Jesus as being the King of the Jews.
No.
It would be theoretically possible for a non-catholic to be elected pope. However, that person would have to be baptised, ordained priest, and consecrated a bishop before they could actually hold the office of pope.
The traditional explanation for that is that the apostles = the first bishops and Peter the apostle = the first pope. So the pope is taken from among the bishops, and usually from the college of cardinals who elect the pope.
However, there is no restriction on who the cardinals may elect. For example, Pope Gregory the Great was merely a deacon - not yet a priest - when he was elected pope. As noted above, he had to be ordained priest and made bishop before he accepted the office of pope.
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Who received the power to forgive and heal from Jesus?
//Everything that Jesus did, He did in the name of the Heavenly Father. He took no credit himself.
Only God can forgive sins. The Jewish authorities knew this. Yet Jesus did the same. If that had been the end of matters, he would have been forgotten a long time ago as yet another jumped-up deluded wannabe with no authority.
But that was not the end of matters. Jesus taught with God's authority (...you have heard it said.... but I tell you...) he performed miracles (only God could do that) and he was raised from death- the ultimate accomplishment of the original Covenant sworn between God and humans way back in history at the dawn of civilisation.
Jesus said once, if you do not believe what I say - that I am God the Son - believe in the miracles. Believe what you see with your own eyes. The final miracle of the resurrection was the culmination of three years' ministry of God incarnate.
No one could have been just a human and did and said just what Jesus did and said. He would have either been a madman or a fool - and a very clever one at that to fool all of the people all of the time, or the devil of hell. You can accept him or reject him. But you cannot say that he was just a 'good guy' or a 'prophet' or a 'great teacher'. He didn't leave those options open to us and never intended to. Either Jesus was God the Son, with the power and authority to forgive sins (as all the evidence bears out) or a madman or something worse (where none of the evidence fits). Your choice.
Either Jesus is contradicting himself or we do not want to let go of our impulse to go one believing in mythological figures like Zeus, and Ishtar etc. We kept the stories just baptized the story. Oh, I am sorry, baptism also has the same roots. So let us say we Christianized it. If you read the bible carefully time and time again you will find Jesus confessing that he had no powers of his own except for those which were given to him by The Father who had "sent him". Some say it is because on earth he was a man god. so he was given power. Before he came to earth he was SENT. But we say that he was God. If he was God how someone else could have SENT him. That shows an authority over Jesus before he was SENT. And He is the one who gave him powers. He told he had authority on earth to forgive sins. But he also said, Jn 20:21-23 reads: "... As the Father has sent Me, so I send you. And when He had said this, He breathed on them and said to them: 'Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained."
Here we see him creating a parallel. He is giving authority as someone else gave him. So the power was never his own. At the end, Bible tells us that he is going to submit himself to Father. "1 Corinthians 15:28
And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all. "
We can safely conclude three things from this discussion:
1- Jesus had Father above him before he came to Earth
2- All the authority that that he had was given to him, he could not do anything on his own.
3- At the end he will have to subject him self to God so that God May be all in all.
Now in here where do we see Jesus being equal to God. Borrowed light does not make Moon equal to Sun.
A New Testament perspective:The answer to your question is, Yes.Matthew 9:5-7 - "For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, 'Arise and walk'? But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins"- then He said to the paralytic, "Arise, take up your bed, and go to your house." And he arose and departed to his house.[NKJV]
Who was the fourth Roman pope?
Another answer from our community:
Pope St. Clement I (called CLEMENS ROMANUS to distinguish him from the Alexandrian) was the fourth pope of the Catholic Church.
Why did the pope fall out with King Henry?
the pope fell out of favour as he did not want to consent to the kings divorce, this lead further to the issue of soverignty - a king is king and not subject to somebodys approval - else they are not a king ! Henry realised that in effect he was a puppert, and simply imposed his rights a king to rule without question. he thus gave the pope the boot - something many nations ultimately did over the centuries.
Much the same way a woman is "programmed" to protect and nurture her children, men, REAL MEN, are programmed to protect the women and children in their lives. Even though I am an extremely independent woman, I sure do love my husband protecting me and always did like that with previous boyfriends. I never caused problems, but the feeling made me feel secure. Since man began it was an instinct to protect their women and children. All I can say is "Bless their little hearts!"
Is the next pope the anti Christ?
The last pope will be the False Prophet not the Anti Christ.
You're only going to get subjective s to this one. My subjective is that the first Pope represented the Anti-Christ. The Roman Church was the Anti-Christ.
Who is the first and only British pope?
Pope Adrian IV who ruled from about the year 1100 until September 1, 1159, was the only British pope.
Why does the pope carry a cross around his neck?
It is a tradition for a Pope to carry a cross around his neck. The cross that he wears is a symbol of his Christianity.
Catholic AnswerSince the Middle Ages, the pectoral cross (a cross worn low on the chest, and rather large) has been the sign of a Bishop in the Catholic faith. By custom only Bishops and Abbots may wear a pectoral cross with their vestments and clerical clothes. Archbishops, Cardinals, and the Pope are all Bishops, and thus, by virtue of their office, must wear a pectoral cross.
Why did Pope Urban want to catch the holy land?
he wanted to capture them because that is where Jesus got crucified and he wanted to defeat the Turks
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Catholic AnswerThe Holy Father did not want to capture the Holy Land, he wanted to rescue the Christians, who had not already been killed by the Muslim invaders and were living under oppressive Muslim rule. The religious reason for rescuing them would be common Charity.from Seven Lies About Catholic History, by Diane Moczar
Unprovoked Muslim aggression in the seventh century brought large parts of the southern Byzantine Empire, including Syria, the Holy Land, and Egypt under Arab rule. Christians who survived the conquests found themselves subject to a special poll tax and discriminated against as an inferior class known as dhimmi. Often their churches were destroyed and other harsh conditions imposed. For centuries their complaints had been reaching Rome, but Europe was having its own Dark Age of massive invasion, and nothing could be done to relieve the plight of eastern Christians.
By the eleventh century, under the rule of a new Muslim dynasty, conditions worsened. The Church of the Holy Sepulcher, site of the Crucifixion was destroyed, along with a large number of other churches, and Christian pilgrims were massacred. In 1067 a group of seven thousand peaceful German pilgrims lost two-thirds of their number to Muslim assaults. By this time the popes, including St. Gregory VII, were actively trying to rally support for relief of eastern Christians, though without success. It was not until the very end of the century, in 1095, that Pope Urban's address at Clermont in France met with a response-though not quite the one he had hoped for.
When the papacy returned to rome in 1420 why did the popes consider restoring the city?
To move visitors with extraordinary sights
In what year were President Reagan and the pope shot?
The year was 1981.
President Ronald Reagan was shot at on March 30, 1981 by a lone gunman (John Hinckley, Jr.) and suffered an injury from a ricochet. The gunman was overwhelmed by security and taken into custody. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity but remains in psychiatric custody as of 2011.
Pope John Paul II was shot on May 13, 1981. His would-be assassin (Mehmet Ali Ağca, a Turkish gunman) hit the pope in the abdomen. Despite extreme blood loss, the pope would survive and make a nearly full recovery. The gunman was captured on site and sentenced to life in prison. He served 19 years in Italy and 10 years in Turkey on an earlier murder conviction, and was released in January, 2010.
Why is the Pope called the Servant of the servants of God?
The pope is called this because he spends his whole life on the catholic church so the apostles are the servants of god and the pope is the apostle's servant because he spreads on the catholic faith to us today!
Which year did Pope Julius declare that Jesus was born?
In the year 350 Pope Julius fixed the date for the celebration of the birthday of Christ as December 25. The actual birth date is not known. The date was set to coincide with the Winter Solstice when pagans celebrated the Dies Natalis Invicti Solis- 'Birthday of the Unconquerable Sun.' Thus he made the celebration the 'Birthday of the Unconquerable Son.' However, there is ample evidence that Christ was born on/about December 25. For more information, click here.
What were Pope Urban's four main reasons to call for the Crusades?
Unprovoked Muslim aggression in the seventh century brought the Holy Land under Islamic control. The Christians who survived where subjected to a an unbelievable inferior class known as dhimmi. Their Churches were destroyed and they were subjected to extremely harsh conditions. They had been crying to Rome for help for centuries, but Europe was having its own problems with foreign invaders and Rome was unable to help until the eleventh century. Up until that time there were horrible reports of pilgrims being executed, some by crucifixion, and by the eleventh centuries, things had actually gotten much worse under a new Muslim dynasty. Pope Urban in 1095 finally called for a Crusade to liberate the surviving Christians from their centuries of oppression. The Crusades "were military expeditions organized by the peoples of Western Christendom, notably the Normans and the French, under the leadership of the Roman Popes, for the recovery of the Holy Places from their Muslim masters." - taken from Seven Lies About Catholic History by Diane Moczar.
