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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.
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What did Pope Urban say to persuade people to join the Crusades?
Pope Urban II said he would pardon them from their sins and they would be able to go to heaven if they were to fight and regain the Holy Land. This is more often called an indulgence and is basically a bribe.
AnswerThe Turks had taken the Holy Land and immediately started persecuting the Christians. The Emperor in the East also called for help, since his Empire was now in great danger. The Christians in Europe already had a desire to do something after hearing the stories of persecution and the desecration of shrines. The Pope called upon them to, rather than fighting among themselves, fight to free the Holy Land from Turkish rule. He promised them indulgences because the Crusades had been called for the purpose of defending pilgrims and sacred sites. It was a minor incentive, however. They were convinced primarily by the stories of those who had been in the Holy Land. Many nobles also went on the Crusades for selfish reasons.What is the nationality of the last ten popes?
Pope Paul VI (1963-1978) - ItalyPope John Paul I (1978) - Italy
Pope John Paul II (1978-2005) -,Poland
Pope Benedict XVI (2005-2013) - Germany
Pope Francis (2013-present) - Argentina
Do you have to be a bishop to become pope?
The man elected as pope does not have to be ordained. However, once he is elected as pope he must be ordained as a bishop before he can be installed as pope. An example is Pope Elect Stephen II. He was a layman who was elected as pope. Before he could be made a bishop, however, he died, just two days after his election. Therefore, having never been a bishop, he is not considered to have been a pope,
What was controversy between the pope and the emperor that was resolved?
Over the years there have been many controversies between popes and emperors. Please specify one of them.
Who has the higher authority the Queen or Pope?
Answer 1: The Prime Minister is the actual head of the executive, takes most of the key decisions and can (usually) rely on a majority in Parliament. The Queen is essentially a figure head.
Answer 2: No. The Queen can dismiss her Prime Minister with a single command and replace him or her with a person of her own choice. The Prime Minister has no such reciprocal power. This clearly puts the ultimate power in the hands of the monarch. The Prime Minister can essentially be regarded as the manager of the Queens's estate, whereas the Queen is the Head of State. The Queen has other powers that the Prime Minister does not have, such as single handedly being able to declare war on other countries, where the Prime Minister needs Parliamentary, and often UN approval.
Answer 3: According to the Constitution, all public power (executive, legislative and judicial) is created and commanded by the Queen. The Prime Minister is, in theory, a counsellor who advises her. In practice, it is a more complex situation, because the UK is a democracy, so public will must be law. So, more or less, the Prime Minister and the Cabinet take the executive decisions, but it is the Queen, through the Privy Council, who makes those decisions effective. She is not forced to accept all ministerial decisions, this is why she meets the Prime Minister once a week to discuss matters of State and advise him. This is the reason why the Executive is called Her Majesty's Government, to indicate it is her who governs and has the power, not the ministers. Nowadays the UK is a strong democracy, so the Queen will only interfere when the Government behave improperly.
Now, taking into the account the prime minister is appointed by the Queen and the Queen is also the head of Parliament and Courts, she has more authority than the PM.
Who was the pope of Rome in 1892?
There is no 'pope of Rome.' The popes are of the Universal Church. Pope Leo XIII was in office in 1892.
When did the pope lose control over the eastern chruch?
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The Eastern Church never conceded that the pope had the right to control in the East, although successive popes made this claim, until finally the two sides split in 1054.
What did Pope Urban II gain from the first crusade?
The role of pope urban was to convince the Franks to go to the east to assist the Byzantines against the attacks of the Muslim Turks and to liberate Jerusalem -the crusades-
What is the name of the oil used to anoint the sick in the Catholic church?
This would depend on which sacrament, ceremony or consecration is being preformed as the Catholic Church uses two oils, the Oil of Catechumens and Holy Chrism although some Churchmen make a third division, that being the Oil of the Sick. Each one of these oils is considered a sacramental and after the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass there is nothing so holy.
The Oil of Catechumens is olive oil that is specially consecrated. It is used to anoint those that are to be baptized before the application of the water. Two unctions are made: first one on the breast over the heart, then one on the back. The unction over the heart symbolizes the Faith the Christian must carry in his/her heart and the unction on the back is a reminder one must be ready to carry their cross with Christ. The Oil of Catechumens is also used in the rite of priestly ordination to consecrate the hands of a priest.
The Holy Chrism is olive oil and balsam that is specially consecrated. It is used in baptism after the pouring of the water to anoint the head of the baptized. The Council of Trent teaches concerning this, "The person being now baptized, the priest anoints with chrism the crown of his head, to give him to understand that from that day he is united as a member of Christ, his head, and engrafted on His Body, and that therefore is he called a Christian from Christ, but Christ from chrism." (Part II, Chapter ii., No. 73). Christ, of course, means "Anointed one". The reason for this application comes from when the sacraments of baptism and confirmation were conferred together. However, the bishop was the ordinary minister of confirmation and could not always attend, thus pope Sylvester I granted priests permission to anoint the baptized with chrism though not on the forehead as a bishop to confer the sacrament, but on the crown as a signification. Eastern Rite Catholics and the Orthodox still administer baptism and confirmation together, whereas the Latin Church waits till the confirmand is of adolescent age and still applies the chrism signification in the baptismal rite. Which brings us to consider that chrism is also used to anoint the forehead of the confirmand in the sacrament of confirmation, as well as to anoint the hands of a priest who is being consecrated a bishop, to anoint a man or woman who is becoming a Catholic Monarch, to consecrate a chalice and paten that is to be used for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and to consecrate altar stones.
The Oil of the Sick is used in the sacrament of Extreme Unction, or the Sacrament of the Sick or Last Rites. The oil is applied on the five senses of the body, that they might be purified.
The Oil of the Catechumens and Holy Chrism is mixed together into water at the ceremonies of Holy Thursday in order to consecrate baptismal water that is usually stored in a baptismal font.
Do Catholics allow the pope to participate in sex?
In the Catholic religion, the Pope answers to only one person. His name is God. Priests are celebate and most (all?) Popes have been priests, though it is not required that they be a priest. == The pope is a cleric who has taken the three perpetual vows at his ordination. One of these vows is to observe perfect chastity. The vow of chastity makes it incumbent upon the cleric to abstain from sex and any activity that is particularly familiar or isolated with another person of either sex so that even temptation is avoided and reduced. However, if a pope, or any cleric for that matter, wishes to violate this vow either out of weakness or deliberate will, that is their choice. This choice would be a sin, and Catholics would be scandalized if this sin was known to them. A few popes have had illegitimate children and mistresses and have caused scandal because of it. Catholics can only then put moral pressure upon the pope to return to the observance of his vows by voicing their displeasure and scandal at his behaviour. The pope, however, cannot be deposed as the Church hierarchy is not a democracy, and as long as his personal failings do not enter into the execution of his papal office, his personal offenses do not invalidate his ability to be the pope, though he will be looked upon as an extremely poor pope and may suffer indignities to his reputation and burial upon his death.
The Papal Swiss Guard or Swiss Guard, a group of men who vow to defend the Vatican and the Pope with their lives. cf link: Vatican web page
The Swiss Guard.
The Swiss Guard. The Swiss Guard celebrated their 500th anniversary of protecting the pope in 2006.
Why is the pope an important man?
He, (the Pope) ,is the head of the Catholic church.The position of Pope is the highest achievement with Catholicism.
He important because, he is the first non-italian to occupy the throne of st.peters
What is the meaning of the word 'holiness'?
In this sense, "holy" means "set apart" as in "consecrated to God".. Some Type A personalities would work all the time if they could. God established this day to force people to rest so they wouldn't work themselves to death. Also to establish a day of worship to the Lord.
Why does the pope wear a beanie?
Every aspect of the Catholic church and the teachings of Catholicism are based off of two things. One of those things is scripture and the other is tradition. To be more precise, the pope wears the clothing that he does because it is something that has been established in the Roman Catholic Church for a long period of time.
Who was the first of the 13 same-named popes?
If this is in reference to the 13 Leos, the first was Pope Leo I, the Great who ruled the Church from 440 to 461.
What is the Italian pope's name?
The pope of Italy and the entire Catholic world is Pope Francis I (2013). Each country does not have its own pope.
In 2005, John Paul II died and Benedict XVI was elected pope.
What happens to a pope when he resigns?
If a Pope resigns from office, he is no longer Pope, but remembery the highest ordianed order in the church is Bishop. Cardinals and Popes are still bishops ( actually, the Pope need not be a bishop). So he returns to the same office he had before being made Pope; if a bishop, he is still a bishop.
Why were there three popes in 1414 AD?
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from A Catholic Dictionary, edited by Donald Attwater, Second edition, revised 1957The Great Schism, otherwise know as the Schism of the West was not strictly a schism at all but a conflict between the two parties within the Church each claiming to support the true pope. Three months after the election of Urban VI, in 1378, the fifteen electing cardinals declared that they had appointed him only as a temporary vicar and that in any case the election was invalid as made under fear of violence from the Roman mob. Urban retorted by naming twenty-eight new cardinals, and the others at once proceeded to elect Cardinal Robert of Geneva as Pope Clement VII, who went to reside at Avignon. The quarrel was in its origin not a theological or religious one, but was caused by the ambition and jealousy of French influence, which was supported to some extent for political reasons by Spain, Naples, Provence, and Scotland; England, Germany, Scandinavia, Wales, Ireland, Portugal, Flanders and Hungary stood by what they believe to be the true pope at Rome. The Church was torn from top to bottom by the schism, both sides in good faith (it was impossible to know to whom allegiance was due), which lasted with its two lines of popes (and at one time three) till the election of Martin V in 1417. It is now regarded as practically certain that the Urbanist popes were the true ones and their names are included in semi-official lists; moreover, the ordinal numbers of the Clementine claimants (who, however, are not called anti-popes,) were adopted by subsequent popes of the same name.
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Modern Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J. Doubleday & Co., Inc. Garden City, NY 1980
The Great Schism, otherwise known as the Western Schism, 1378-1417, when there was controversy over the true succession to the papacy. It began with the writings of Marsilius of Padua c. 1275- 1342), who claimed that a pope is subject to a council of bishops, priests, and laymen. Urban VI was elected Pope on April 8, 1378, following the seventy-year Avignon residence of the papacy. He was a stern reformer and also harsh. The French cardinals in retaliation declared that Urban had not been validly elected and proceeded to elect Robert of Geneva as the antipope Clement VII (1378-94). Clement withdrew to Avignon and the Great Schism was in full swing. France, Scotland, and Spain gave their allegiance to Clement; England, Italy, Flanders, Hungary, Poland, and most of Germany followed Urban, who died in 1389. There followed a succession of lawful popes at Rome and antipopes at Avignon. The universities of Paris, Oxford, and Prague disputed how the impasse should be resolved. Finally pope and antipope were invited to a council at Pisa (1409); both decline and were declared deposed by the council, which proceeded to elect yet another antipope, Alexander V (1409-10). In desperation, Emperor Sigismund of Germany appealed to the antipope John XXIII of Pisa, to call a general council at Constance, a German city on the Rhine. John agreed, and the council, later legitimized, was convened in 1414. It lasted four years and finally resolved the schism. The Pisan antipope John XXIII abdicated. Gregory XII, the true Roman Pontiff, having formally convoked the Council of Constance, sent his representatives, and then, for the good of the Church, freely resigned his office. The claim of Benedict XIII of Avignon was no longer worthy of serious consideration. The chair of Peter, vacant at last was filled by the election, November 11, 1417, of Pope Martin V. The Great Schism was ended.
How many non Italian popes have there been?
There have been 217 Italian popes and only 49 non-Italian popes.
Why was Henry excommunicated by the pope?
Henry got excommunicated because he wanted to divorce Catherine and marry Anne Boleyn. One of the reasons is that Henry needed an heir to the throne and had only one child, a daughter. Catherine was getting old and could not really have any more children. Whilst that was happening Henry had a affair with Anne and she was then pregnant. So Henry went to the pope since he was a Catholic, to get divorced. But the pope said no because they had consummated the marriage (had sex after being married). But Henry said that he thought that Arthur, Henry's brother had already consummated with her but they hadn't. So Henry went on and built his own church (the church of England.) He had made himself head allowing him to do whatever he wanted. So he divorced Catherine (the only reason he was with her was to be in alliance to be with Spain.) He then married Anne, and for that reason he was excommunicated. But that was bad because he then had another DAUGHTER!
What is the role of the godfather in the catholic religion?
The Catholic man who is chosen to stand as a witness to the baptism of a Catholic - adult or infant - and who is ready to help instruct the newly baptized in the faith. The Godfather must be a serious Catholic who lives his faith fully.
Which pope is known as the Christmas Pope?
Father Christmas, Papa Noel, Babbo Natale, Santa Claus are all names that refer to a fictional character very loosely based on the real St. Nicholas of Myra, a 4th century bishop noted for his generosity to the poor.
