Papal
adjective
Related to the Pope or the papacy in the Roman Catholic Church.
The papal visit was a significant event for the Catholic community.
Often appears as...
- papal authority
- papal decree
adjective
Related to the Pope or the papacy in the Roman Catholic Church.
The papal visit was a significant event for the Catholic community.
Often appears as...
- papal authority
- papal decree
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Pro Tip 1/3Religious Connotation
The term is associated with religious leadership and is often used in a respectful, formal context.
During the papal audience, thousands gathered in reverence.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Significance
The word encompasses the Pope's historical influence as well as their present-day role.
The papal edict from the Middle Ages was controversial.
Pro Tip 3/3Catholic Exclusivity
'Papal' is exclusive to contexts within the Roman Catholic Church and not other Christian denominations.
The papal bull addressed Catholic doctrine.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Connotation
The term is associated with religious leadership and is often used in a respectful, formal context.
During the papal audience, thousands gathered in reverence.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Significance
The word encompasses the Pope's historical influence as well as their present-day role.
The papal edict from the Middle Ages was controversial.
Pro Tip 3/3Catholic Exclusivity
'Papal' is exclusive to contexts within the Roman Catholic Church and not other Christian denominations.
The papal bull addressed Catholic doctrine.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Connotation
The term is associated with religious leadership and is often used in a respectful, formal context.
During the papal audience, thousands gathered in reverence.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Significance
The word encompasses the Pope's historical influence as well as their present-day role.
The papal edict from the Middle Ages was controversial.
Pro Tip 3/3Catholic Exclusivity
'Papal' is exclusive to contexts within the Roman Catholic Church and not other Christian denominations.
The papal bull addressed Catholic doctrine.
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because they only unified to put it loosely they haven't really defined a hundred and fifty years ago but because they had such a long history of these small papal States and little kingdoms everything stayed very
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because they only unified to put it loosely they haven't really defined a hundred and fifty years ago but because they had such a long history of these small papal States and little kingdoms everything stayed very
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Eugene Kennedy
American Psychologist
The whole world feels that it knows Francis, not so much because he follows Francis of Assisi but because he is always himself. We have seen him pay his own hotel bill and heard that Francis called Buenos Aires for a pair of ordinary black shoes, like John XXIII, who preferred stout peasant shoes to the traditional papal footwear.
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Faith Salie
American Journalist
Twerking takes its place in a long line of dance moves deemed immoral, even apocalyptic. The waltz was called sinful because it demanded dangerously close contact between dance partners. In 1914, the tango earned a papal denunciation for being 'damaging to the soul.
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Mark Helprin
American Novelist
The British monarchy has the political and constitutional task of subtracting from the government and governors of Britain the papal and kingly airs that in America, because we have no such institution, unfortunately adhere to the president.
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Ivan Illich
American Sociologist
I didn't want to go into the papal bureaucracy, so I thought of doing a postdoctoral thesis, which they call a 'Habilitation' in German universities, on alchemy in the work of Albert the Great.
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Ross Douthat
American Author
I didn't really start writing about the church in earnest until the mid-2000s, so I wasn't present for or a participant in a lot of the John Paul II-era debates about papal authority.
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Sabine Baring-Gould
English Clergyman
The great majority of the nobility and gentry of England clung to the doctrine and ceremonies of the ancient church, and yet were united in determination to oppose the papal claims.
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Anthea Butler
American Educator
For black Catholics, the papal visit is a time of anticipation but also a time of reflection on their difficult - but important - place within the Catholic Church in America.
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Jan Hus
Czechoslovakian Philosopher
As for antichrist occupying the papal chair, it is evident that a pope living contrary to Christ, like any other perverted person, is called, by common consent, antichrist.
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Cathleen Schine
American Author
In my stunted career as a scholar, I'd read promissory notes, papal bulls and guidelines for Inquisitorial interrogation. Dante, too. Boccaccio... But after 1400? Nihil.
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Ronan Keating
Irish Artist
When greeting Pope Benedict a few years ago, I was meant to kiss the papal ring but I head-butted his hand instead. He just laughed at me.
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Eugene Kennedy
American Psychologist
The whole world feels that it knows Francis, not so much because he follows Francis of Assisi but because he is always himself. We have seen him pay his own hotel bill and heard that Francis called Buenos Aires for a pair of ordinary black shoes, like John XXIII, who preferred stout peasant shoes to the traditional papal footwear.
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Faith Salie
American Journalist
Twerking takes its place in a long line of dance moves deemed immoral, even apocalyptic. The waltz was called sinful because it demanded dangerously close contact between dance partners. In 1914, the tango earned a papal denunciation for being 'damaging to the soul.
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Mark Helprin
American Novelist
The British monarchy has the political and constitutional task of subtracting from the government and governors of Britain the papal and kingly airs that in America, because we have no such institution, unfortunately adhere to the president.
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Ivan Illich
American Sociologist
I didn't want to go into the papal bureaucracy, so I thought of doing a postdoctoral thesis, which they call a 'Habilitation' in German universities, on alchemy in the work of Albert the Great.
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Ross Douthat
American Author
I didn't really start writing about the church in earnest until the mid-2000s, so I wasn't present for or a participant in a lot of the John Paul II-era debates about papal authority.
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Sabine Baring-Gould
English Clergyman
The great majority of the nobility and gentry of England clung to the doctrine and ceremonies of the ancient church, and yet were united in determination to oppose the papal claims.
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Anthea Butler
American Educator
For black Catholics, the papal visit is a time of anticipation but also a time of reflection on their difficult - but important - place within the Catholic Church in America.
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Jan Hus
Czechoslovakian Philosopher
As for antichrist occupying the papal chair, it is evident that a pope living contrary to Christ, like any other perverted person, is called, by common consent, antichrist.
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Cathleen Schine
American Author
In my stunted career as a scholar, I'd read promissory notes, papal bulls and guidelines for Inquisitorial interrogation. Dante, too. Boccaccio... But after 1400? Nihil.
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Ronan Keating
Irish Artist
When greeting Pope Benedict a few years ago, I was meant to kiss the papal ring but I head-butted his hand instead. He just laughed at me.
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