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| | Primacy of the Roman Pontiff - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The primacy of the Roman pontiff is the monarchical authority of the bishop of Rome, from the Holy See, over the several Churches that compose the Catholic Church in the Latin and Eastern Rites. | | | It is also termed "papal primacy", [1] "primacy of Peter", [2] or "Roman primacy"; [3] one might encounter "Peter in primacy over the universal Church," [4] "Successor of Peter", [5] and other related expressions. | | | The Eastern Orthodox churches consider that the Bishop of Rome has a primacy of honor that, since the East-West Schism, is no longer in force. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primacy_of_the_Roman_Pontiff
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| | Roman Catholic Church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Within the Catholic Church, the term "Roman Catholic Church" is rather applied to a portion of the Catholic Church, namely the Western or Latin Church, to the exclusion of the Eastern-Rite particular Churches in full communion with the Pope, all of which are part of the same Church taken as a whole. | | | The Pope is referred to as the Vicar of Christ and the Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church. | | | According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the Church's first purpose is "to be the sacrament of the inner union of men with God." Thus the Church's "structure is totally ordered to the holiness of Christ's members." (Catechism of the Catholic Church 775, 773). |
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| | Pontiff - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Pontiffs were men on the highest council of priests in ancient Rome, called the College of Pontiffs, and the Pontifex Maximus was the highest religious figure. | | | Sometimes the Pope is called the Supreme Pontiff and other bishops of the Roman Catholic Church are called Pontiffs. | | | Pontiff is a title of certain religious leaders. |
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| | Roman Emperor - encyclopedia article about Roman Emperor. |
| | Originally the Pontifex Maximus was the high priest of the pre-Christian Roman religion. | | | Because their original task was to guard to morality of public life, mainly by the standards of the paganstate religion, and punish transgressions, they were also known as castigator(e)s. | | | Pontifex Maximus made the Emperor the chief administrator of religious affairs, granting him the power to conducted all religious ceremonies, consecrated temples, controlled the Roman calendar (adding or removing days as needed), appointed the Vestal Virgins and some Flamens, lead the Collegium Pontificum, and summarized the dogma of the Roman religion. |
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http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Roman+Emperor
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| | Pastor Æternas |
| | In this primacy, all the efficacy and all the strength of the Church are placed. | | | When, therefore, this bond of unity with the Roman Pontiff is guarded both in government and in the profession of the same faith, then the Church of Christ is one flock under one supreme shepherd. | | | We teach and declare, therefore, according to the testimony of the Gospel that the primacy of jurisdiction over the whole Church of God was immediately and directly promised to and conferred upon the blessed Apostle Peter by Christ the Lord. |
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http://www.geocities.com/orthopapism/pastoraeternas.html
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| | Pius IX Vatican I |
| | I acknowledge the Holy, Catholic, Apostolic and Roman Church, the mother and mistress of all the Churches [1]. | | | Therefore, such definitions of the Roman Pontiff are of themselves, and not by the consent of the Church, irreformable. | | | We teach and declare that, according to the gospel evidence, a primacy of jurisdiction over the whole Church of God was immediately and directly promised to the blessed apostle Peter and conferred on him by Christ the lord. |
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http://www.ewtn.com/library/COUNCILS/V1.HTM
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| | Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book 4 - CHAPTER 6. |
| | On the hypothesis of the Papists, the primacy belongs to the Church of Antioch. | | | Therefore, the church of Antioch justly claims the primacy. | | | Accordingly, when they debate about their hierarchy they always set out with the axiom: The Roman Pontiff (as the vicar of Christ, who is the Head of the Church) presides in his stead over the universal Church, and the Church is not rightly constituted unless that See hold the primacy over all others. |
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| | List of Christian denominations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Latin Church, the most common form of Catholicism in Western Europe and North America, is sometimes said to be "the Roman Catholic Church." However, Catholics in full communion with Rome regard all of the above to be particular churches of the Catholic Church. | | | The Antiochian Catholic Church in America is theologically aligned with these Churches, but is not in full communion with them, primarily because it ordains women and does not impose celibacy on its bishops. | | | Catholic churches accepting the primacy of the Roman Pontiff |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Pope |
| | Peter is ever to be found in the Roman pontiff is almost universally held to be a truth revealed by the Holy Spirit to the Apostles, and by them transmitted to the Church. | | | Peter, the perpetuity of this office in the person of the Roman pontiff, the pope's jurisdiction over the faithful, and his supreme authority to define in all questions of faith and morals. | | | A primacy such as this manifestly gives to him and to his successors a direct authority over all the faithful. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12260a.htm
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| | wikien.info: Main_Page |
| | According to Roman Catholic theology, to the extent that their rejection of a dogma is deliberate, they separate themselves from the Church and are no longer members of the Body of Christ. | | | The pontiff must teach in his public and official capacity as spiritual head of the Church universal, not merely in his private capacity as a theologian. | | | Solemn definitions promulgated by ecumenical councils of the Catholic Church and affirmed by the Pope, such as the dogmatic definition quoted above, are themselves considered infallible. |
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http://www.hostingciamca.com/index.php?title=Papal_infallibility
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| | Pontifex Maximus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | In the Roman Republic, the Pontifex Maximus was the highest office in the polytheistic Roman religion, which was very much a state cult. | | | In Ancient Rome, the Pontifex Maximus was the high priest of the collegium of the Pontifices, the most august position in Roman religion, open only to a patrician, until 254 BC, when a plebeian first occupied this post. | | | It was under his authority as Pontifex Maximus that Julius Caesar introduced the calendar reform that created the Julian calendar, with a fault under a day per century, easily corrected by a modification of the the rules for besextile days to produce our present Gregorian calender. |
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| | POPE FACTS AND INFORMATION |
| | Therefore, such definitions of the Roman pontiff are of themselves, and not by the consent of the church, irreformable. | | | The primacy is therefore regarded as a consequence of the pope's position as bishop of the original capital city of the Roman_Empire, a definition explicitly spelled out in the 28th canon of the Council_of_Chalcedon. | | | Eastern Church Defends Petrine Primacy and the Papacy |
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http://www.palfacts.com/Pope
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| | Untitled Document |
| | Bishops, teaching in communion with the Roman Pontiff, are to be respected by all as witnesses to divine and Catholic truth. | | | Further, from this supreme power possessed by the Roman Pontiff of governing the universal Church, it follows that he has the right of free communication with the pastors of the whole Church, and with their flocks, that these might be taught and ruled by him in the way of salvation. | | | In matters of faith and morals, the bishops speak in the name of Christ and the faithful are to accept their teaching and adhere to it with a religious assent of soul. |
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http://www.christiantruth.com/papacyandrcfaith.html
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| | Are Anglicans ready to accept Catholics? |
| | This sort of primacy will already assist the Church on earth to be the authentic catholic koinonia in which unity does not curtail diversity, and diversity does not endanger but enhances unity. | | | The report confidently proposes that the primacy could be offered and received "even before our churches are in full communion…We envisage a primacy that will even now help to uphold the legitimate diversity of traditions, strengthening and safeguarding them in fidelity to the Gospel. | | | It is clear from the text, however, that both churches believe their present split from each other is contrary to Christ’s will, and that authority in the Church can be exercised convincingly and authentically only when they are in communion together with the Roman pontiff. |
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http://www.thesoutherncross.co.za/features/anglican.html
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| | Orthodox Coming Home To Rome? - Byzantine Forum |
| | The power of the keys was given to all the Bishops of the Church, not only to the Roman Popes and that phrase of the gospel is not used by the western church to explain the primacy of the popes. | | | The Church of the Primacy is also the Church of the Councils. | | | Today the problem of this primacy is double because the primacy of Peter is not acepted by the modern orthodox churches (despite the obvious meaning of the gospels). |
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| | The St. Joseph Foundation - Canonical Issues |
| | The Second Section of the Signatura is competent to hear appeals from decisions of the Roman congregations, in solving conflicts of competence between the said congregations and in dealing with administrative matters with which the pope might entrust it. | | | Unfortunately, this still happens as we have seen in the recent case, familiar to Christifidelis readers, of six members of the faithful excommunicated for "schism" by decree of the Bishop of Honolulu. | | | Lastly, it acted as a congregation when exercising its functions as a comptroller of all tribunals in the Catholic Church, defining their competence and establishing new tribunals. |
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http://www.st-joseph-foundation.org/ci-romanappeals.htm
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| | Seattle Catholic - "Keep the Faith, Change the Church" |
| | The primacy of the Roman pontiff, the infallibility of the Church, the sacramental role of the ordained priesthood: these are all aspects of the Church, but they are also doctrines of the Faith. | | | The pontiff continues in this encyclical to observe, "it is through them [the hierarchy], by commission of the Divine Redeemer Himself, that Christ's apostolate as Teacher, King, and Priest is to endure" (ibid.). | | | In the Nicene Creed, we profess to believe "one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church." The Church, and the doctrines associated with her, itself constitutes an article of faith. |
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| | Alpha and Omega Ministries, The Christian Apologetics Ministry of James R. White |
| | Resolved: The Church of the Council of Nicæa is not the Roman Catholic Church | | | James claims there is a "fundamental disjunction" between the teachings and beliefs of the Nicene Church and those of the modern Roman Catholic Church. | | | Athanasius himself quotes this same pontiff rebuking the Eusebians for bypassing his authority (which he "received from the blessed Apostle Peter") in condemning the church of the Alexandrians. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Infallibility |
| | 4, where it is defined that the Roman pontiff when he teaches ex cathedra "enjoys, by reason of the Divine assistance promised to him in blessed Peter, that infallibility with which the Divine Redeemer wished His Church to be endowed in defining doctrine regarding faith and morals". | | | The pope cannot delegate the exercise of his infallible authority to the Roman Congregations, and whatever issues formally in the name of any of these, even when approved and confirmed in the ordinary official way by the pope, does not pretend to be ex cathedra and infallible. | | | But the fact cannot be denied that from the beginning there was a widespread acknowledgment by other churches of some kind of supreme authority in the Roman pontiff in regard not only to disciplinary but also to doctrinal affairs. |
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| | PAPAL INFALLIBILITY |
| | I unhesitatingly accept and profess all the doctrines (especially those concerning the primacy of the Roman Pontiff and his infallible teaching authority) handed down, defined, and explained by the sacred canons and ecumenical councils and especially those of this most holy Council of Trent (and by the ecumenical Vatican Council). | | | "[The Holy Roman Church] firmly believes, professes and teaches that none of those who are not within the Catholic Church, not only Pagans, but Jews, heretics and schismatics, can ever be partakers of eternal life, but are to go into the eternal fire 'prepared for the devil, and his angels' (Mt. xxv. | | | Furthermore, in direct contrast to these "infallible" declarations, the Roman Catholic church is now saying the following regarding Muslims. |
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| | PetersNet: Father William Saunders, Eastern Rites: the Patriarch |
| | The most recent reunion involved the Church of Malankar, which traces its origins to St. Thomas the Apostle; in 1930, Bishop Ivanios, two other bishops, a priest, a deacon, and a laymen reunited with the Catholic Church and the Malankar Rite of the Catholic Church was born. | | | In the mind of the patriarch, since Rome had declined in stature and since Constantinople was now the viable capital of the Roman Empire (or what was left of it), he thought he should be recognized as the head of the Church — in a sense, "New Rome" should be the home of the pope. | | | Attempts were made to reunite these Orthodox Churches with the Roman Catholic Church. |
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| | Dialogue on Development of Doctrine and the Papacy |
| | That is not a denial of development of doctrine, growth in theology, understanding, language, terminology, etc. I would say the same: the primacy of the Pope is the venerable and constant belief of the Church from the beginning. | | | Throughout this encyclical of Pope Leo XIII on the unity of the Church, numerous Scriptures, Fathers, and Councils are quoted as proof and supporting evidence. | | | Wherefore, in the decree of the Vatican Council as to the nature and authority of the primacy of the Roman Pontiff, no newly conceived opinion is set forth, but the venerable and constant belief of every age (Sess. |
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| | Sedevacantism: Is John Paul II a true Pope? |
| | On the contrary it is because of his belief in the papacy, the primacy, the infallibility and the indefectibility of the Catholic Church that he rejects John Paul II and his Conciliar Church. | | | Sedevacantism is the theological position of those traditional Catholics who most certainly believe in the papacy, papal infallibility and the primacy of the Roman Pontiff, and yet do not recognize John Paul II as a legitimate successer of Peter in the primacy. | | | In conclusion, let it not be said that the sedevacantist rejects the papacy, the primacy, or the Catholic Church. |
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http://www.stjosephschurch.net/sedevac.htm
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| | Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston Questions |
| | As the National Conference of Catholic Bishops makes clear in its “Guidelines for Receiving Holy Communion” (to be found on the back of any missalette or at their web site www.usccnccb.org), reception of communion is not merely a statement of personal belief, it is also a statement of communal faith. | | | In any case, Orthodox Christians like Roman Catholics hold and believe in the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Most Holy Eucharist. | | | Not having experienced the theological period of Scholasticism, the Orthodox would not be likely to use a term such as “Transubstantiation”. |
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| | ORIENTALIS ECCLESIAE |
| | Throughout this stormy period, and especially at the Council of Ephesus, he showed himself the invincible champion and learned teacher of the divine maternity of the Virgin Mary, of the hypostatic union in Christ, and of the Primacy of the Roman Pontiff. | | | To my orthodox faith the Roman Church has borne witness, and so too has a holy Synod gathered together, so to speak, from the whole of the earth that is under heaven.[31] | | | The result was that, when Cyril's 'dogmatic' letter had been publicly read, all the Fathers of the Council acclaimed it by solemn verdict as being in complete accordance with the true faith. |
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| | Crossing The Threshold Of Deception II - The Line of the Vicar of Christ |
| | Further, the ‘bishops did not “respect the primacy and pre-eminence of their head” (Flannery 1981), but considered him to be only one of the many ‘witnesses’ who testified, regarding this issue of circumcision. | | | This is a blatant contradiction, since it is considered to be one of the prerequisites to entering the priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church and it is most certainly a prerequisite for the Papal Throne. | | | Had Peter been the Head of the visible Church, as the Roman Catholic Church asserts, then Peter would have been the one to delegate those who were to go on the trip. |
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| | A Profession of Catholic Faith for the Heretic. |
| | I now, with grief and contrition for my past errors, profess that I believe the Holy, Catholic, Apostolic, Roman Church to be the only and true Church established on earth by Jesus Christ, to which I submit myself with my whole heart. | | | I believe all the articles that she proposes to my belief, and I reject and condemn all that she rejects and condemns, and I am ready to observe all that she commands me. And especially I profess that I believe: One only God in three divine Persons, distinct from and equal to each other, | | | With a sincere heart, therefore, and with unfeigned faith, I detest and abjure every error, heresy and sect opposed to the said Holy Catholic and Apostolic Roman Church. |
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| | LT29 - Papal Authority in the First Ecumenical Councils / A Dubious Translation of Ecclesia Dei |
| | They may be taken as fairly typical statements of Roman Catholic belief on the one hand, and the viewpoint of many who are sceptical of the traditional Catholic interpretation of history on the other. | | | The Roman synod of 485 states that the Nicene Fathers "referred the confirmation of things and the authority to the holy Roman Church," | | | Theodosius commands all his subjects to practise "that religion which Peter the Apostle transmitted to the Romans," and which as followed by the "Pontiff" Damasus and the "Bishop" Peter of Alexandria, "a man of apostolic sanctity." Ullmann (op. |
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| | CIN - Pastor Aeternus, Chapter IV, Vatican Council II (Infallibility) |
| | Moreover in the apostolic primacy which the Roman Pontiff holds in the universal Church as successor of Peter, the Prince of the Apostles, there is also included the supreme power of teaching. | | | This Holy See has always held this [truth], the perpetual usage of the Church approves it, and the ecumenical Councils, especially those in which the East has come together with the West in a union of faith and charity, have taught it. | | | CHAPTER IV (On the Infallibility of the Roman Pontiff) |
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| | (October Bulletin for Christ the King, Ann Arbor, MI) |
| | The above phrase is an ancient one in the Church, it is Latin and translates as: "where Peter is, there is the Church." It has to do with a fundamental aspect of Roman Catholic ecclesiology concerning the office of Peter and his successors in the Church. | | | The pope's power of primacy over all, both pastors and faithful, remains | | | May the grace and peace of the Risen Lord Jesus be with you! |
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http://www.rc.net/lansing/ctk/library/monthlym/bull11.html
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| | Catholic Apologetics International |
| | In other words, denying Christ and His Church and its Divine Constitution will do little for souls (except involve them in schism, heresy, and sacrilege), even though it might have the short-term appearance of being the Catholic thing to do. | | | Larson: The Pope’s Juridical Primacy covers the entire “work” of the Church. | | | He is the supreme administrator, legislator, and judge of all the faithful. |
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http://www.catholicintl.com/epologetics/dialogs/church/larson3.htm
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| | The Blog from the Core - Thursday, September 25, 2003 |
| | Therefore, if anyone says that it is not by the institution of Christ the Lord Himself (that is to say, by divine law) that blessed Peter should have perpetual successors in the primacy over the whole Church; or that the Roman Pontiff is not the sucessor of blessed Peter in this primacy: anathema sit. | | | (Vatican I, Session 4, Chapter 2, "On the perpetuity of the primacy of blessed Peter in the Roman Pontiffs"; July 18, 1870; emphasis added) | | | More pressing, to him, is the difficult question of opening a movie that, even without the attacks against it, presents some formidable marketing problems: it is a religious film, whose actors speak their lines in two dead languages. |
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| | The Curt Jester: Comment on Redemptionis Sacramentum |
| | One way for lay people to be "active" in the liturgy I suppose is that we would be empowered to complain the bishop's ear off. | | | Any Catholic, whether Priest or Deacon or lay member of Christ’s faithful, has the right to lodge a complaint regarding a liturgical abuse to the diocesan Bishop or the competent Ordinary equivalent to him in law, or to the Apostolic See on account of the primacy of the Roman Pontiff. | | | On the other hand, one other part that stuck out for me was: |
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http://www.splendoroftruth.com/cgi-bin/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=4696
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| | In Egypt, pope pushes for reconciliation among Christians - 2/26/00 |
| | The Roman Catholic pope once exercised authority over all Christendom, and still claims to do so. | | | John Paul, sitting on a gilt, throne-like chair during his homily, noted Christians have endured in Egypt for centuries, keeping the faith even when it meant "shedding their blood." Christians comprise about 10 percent of Egypt's population. | | | CAIRO, Egypt -- Pope John Paul II tackled sectarian divisions Friday, prodding fellow Christian leaders to work to heal their rifts and even offering to discuss the primacy of the Roman Catholic pontiff. |
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| | User Posts |
| | "a sitting pontiff who ignores his predecessors and invents his own religion." | | | Any Pope who did that, would by his actions reveal himself to be an anti-pope. |
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| | Catholic World News : Cardinal Martini Seeks Discussion on Papal Primacy |
| | At an inter-religious encounter in Genoa, organized by the St. Egidio community, Cardinal Etchegaray had commented on "the urgent duty for the Christian churches to reach a deeper understanding of the role played by the Bishop of Rome." | | | He pointed out that Cardinal Martini had told the television audience: "The Pope himself has said he is open to such re-thinking and to hearing suggestion on the manner of exercising the primacy." Several hours before Cardinal Martini made his remarks, Cardinal Roger Etchegaray had issued his own reflections on the papal primacy. | | | However, the Milan archdiocesan spokesman remarked that Cardinal Martini was only underlining the points brought forward by Pope John Paul II himself in his 1995 encyclical Ut Unum Sint (doc). |
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| | Primacy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | It may otherwise refer to a property of the office, rank, or character of a primate; the chief ecclesiastical station or dignity in a national church; the office or dignity of an archbishop; as, the primacy of England (i.e. | | | This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. | | | Primacy is the state or condition of being prime or first, as in time, place, rank, etc., hence, excellency; supremacy. |
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| | Petition for Excommunication of Anti-Christian Bigots |
| | 1417 §1 Because of the primacy of the Roman Pontiff, any of the faithful may either refer their case to, or introduce it before, the Holy See, whether the case be contentious or penal. | | | 1442 The Roman Pontiff is the supreme judge for the whole Catholic world. | | | He gives judgement either personally, or through the ordinary tribunals of the Apostolic See, or through judges whom he delegates. |
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| | "Sacred Conquest and Ecclesiastical Politics: The Normans and the Church in the Eleventh Century," by Sean ... |
| | This holy war was completed between 1059 and 1091 by the constitution of Norman-ruled states, namely the Principality of Capua, the Duchy of Apulia, and the County of Sicily. | | | The Normans would take advantage of this situation, since their conquest of the region could appear along the lines of a war fought on behalf of the Papacy in order to restore Muslim Sicily to the Christian world, and to compel the Greek Christians to recognize the supremacy of the Roman Pontiff. |
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