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papacy
papacy The office of the pope (Bishop of Rome), derives its name from the Greek
papas and Latin
papa, which are familiar forms of ‘father’. In early times many bishops and even priests were called popes, but in the Western Church the word gradually became a title restricted to the Bishop of Rome; Pope Gregory VII in 1073 forbade its use for anyone except the Bishop of Rome. The traditional enumeration lists 265 holders of the office, excluding
ANTIPOPES, beginning with St PETER and reaching to the present holder
JOHN PAUL II. The basis of papal authority derives from St Peter's position of leadership among the 12 Apostles, given him by Jesus Christ, the early tradition that he came to Rome and was martyred there. The papal claim to extend its jurisdiction over all Christian Churches was a major cause of various Churches breaking with Rome, notably the
ORTHODOX CHURCH definitively in 1054, and the Protestant Churches at the time of the
REFORMATION in the 16th century.
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The Early Modern Papacy. From the Council of Trent to the French Revolution 1564-1789
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 4/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; General The Early Modern Papacy. From the Council of Trent to the French...Wright. [Longman History of the Papacy.] (London; Harlow, Essex: Longman...decrees relating to the office of the papacy, the Council left the interpretation...
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Looking back on the papal legacy; The Papacy. Edited by Paul Johnson (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, pounds 25). Reviewed by Monica Foot.
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 2/7/1998; 700+ words
; ...probably the most famous example. "The papacy," writes Johnson, "is the last...reasons for the enduring nature of the papacy, leaving aside the spiritual factor. The first is place: "Rome means the papacy, and the papacy is essentially Roman...
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The Papacy.
Magazine article from: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life; 10/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; The Papacy. By Paul Johnson. Edited by Michael Walsh...ostentatiously took on a history of the papacy in the Reformation period to prove that...against the glimmer of the morning sun. The papacy was here to stay. But what did that mean...
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In need of a pope?(PROTESTANTS AND THE PAPACY)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 5/17/2005; ; 700+ words
; DO PROTESTANTS need the papacy? Given the recent fascination with...Benedict XVI, it would seem that the papacy is on the Protestant horizon in a way...something more is going on. It is the papacy itself that fascinates us. Protestants...
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Reform the Papacy?(Review)
Magazine article from: Catholic Insight; 7/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; John R. Quinn, The Reform of the Papacy: The Costly Call to Christian Unity...at times exaggerated, respect for the papacy has made it difficult for Catholics to...well as appreciative of The Reform of the Papacy. Consider his advocacy of the first thousand...
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Encyclopedia of the Vatican and Papacy
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 4/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; Encyclopedia of the Vatican and Papacy. Edited by Frank J. Coppa. (Westport...religious role of the Vatican and the papacy in the modern world," with a "major...at first seem that the Vatican and the papacy, as the title of the work itself suggests...
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Chronicle of the Popes: The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Papacy from St. Peter to the Present.
Magazine article from: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life; 10/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Papacy from St. Peter to the Present. By P...ostentatiously took on a history of the papacy in the Reformation period to prove that...against the glimmer of the morning sun. The papacy was here to stay. But what did that mean...
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Wills searches for unifying papacy.(Why I am Catholic)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 8/2/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...longest section is a concise history of the papacy. The third is a synopsis of Vatican II and...against the top-down authority or power of the papacy. Originally the church's regard for the papacy of St. Peter, Wills writes, was not meant...
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The papacy: a case study in organizational longevity.
Magazine article from: Journal of European Studies; 12/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...human opinion and emotion regarding the papacy may be expressed, as above, by Pius...provided, in one way or another, by the papacy. Moreover, this is not merely an institution...in the world that can compare with the papacy's present incumbent for an ability to...
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A Papacy faithful to the gospel: what would the Protestant churches require?(Special Section on the North American Academy of Ecumenists)
Magazine article from: Journal of Ecumenical Studies; 6/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...with the notion and institution of the papacy. If I am uncomfortable with the assigned...question of what it would mean to speak of a papacy faithful to the gospel. This requires...articulation of the "gospel" to which such a papacy is called to be faithful. To what did...
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papacy
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History
papacy. The popes, as bishops of Rome, enjoyed...not appear to have been dispatched by the papacy. Over time the isolated Irish church developed...contact until the 11th century when the papacy embarked on a reform drive to strengthen...
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Papacy
Book article from: The Renaissance
Papacy Since the time of the early Roman Empire...and states on their side. The medieval Papacy was torn by its own inner conflicts and...southern France. The schism within the Papacy, which at times was claimed to be led by...
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papacy, relations with
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
papacy, relations with. Augustine of Canterbury...English ecclesiastical contacts with the papacy grew. As early as 605, Mellitus , bishop...King's Hospice. Tudor enthusiasm for the papacy led to the appointment of a cardinal-protector...
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Papacy and Papal States
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
PAPACY AND PAPAL STATES PAPACY AND PAPAL STATES. "Pope" (from the Greek papas, Latin and Italian...whole church. At the beginning of the early modern period, the papacy had so restored its institutional authority due to the healing of...
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Clement V
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...the "Babylonian Captivity," when the papacy was located in Avignon, France. Bertrand...Bordeaux in 1299. His election to the papacy in 1305 followed the pontificate of Boniface...a long quarrel between France and the papacy culminated in Boniface's capture and...
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