Author Topic: Apostles or Apostates (Read 1393 times)

MyrnaM · « **on:** July 24, 2010, 08:13:47 PM »

Apostles or Apostates

Interesting about the papal tiara at the moment of the coronation, the new pope was crowned with the words

Receive the tiara adorned with three crowns and know that thou art Father of princes and kings, Ruler of the world, Vicar of our Saviour Jesus Christ.

Pope Paul VI opted for a significantly shorter ceremony. As with all other modern coronations, the ceremony itself was only symbolic, as the person involved became Pope and Bishop of Rome the moment he accepted his canonical election in the papal conclave. The two subsequent popes (John Paul I and John Paul II) abandoned the monarchial coronation, opting instead for an investiture. In 2005, Pope Benedict XVI took a step further and removed the tiara from the papal coat of arms, replacing it with a mitre.

MyrnaM · « **Reply #1 on:** July 25, 2010, 08:52:53 AM »

On certain solemn occasions and at non-religious functions, the Holy Father wears the triple-crowned papal tiara, a tall head-dress, which is a combination of mitre and crown, made of cloth of silver and bearing three gold circlets or crowns, the whole being decorated with man precious stones. The tiara with its triple crown signifies the pope’s three-fold office as teacher, law-giver, and judge. In other words the Papal Tiara is a sign of a true Pope’s authority, the three crowns representing the dogmatic, liturgical and disciplinary authority of a Pope. “The tiara is just a symbol. But sometimes symbols mold reality in their image.” The Papal Tiara is the crown of the papacy. For over one millennium all popes were crowned with a tiara in a Papal Coronation. The tiara is one of the key symbols of the papacy, so why was it given away?

Trinity · « **Reply #2 on:** July 25, 2010, 09:00:26 AM »

I see you're thinking hard today, Myrna. I'm off to Mass now and I will see if anything occurs to me.

Arborman · « **Reply #3 on:** July 25, 2010, 09:16:22 AM »

The thought occurs to me they are deliberately trying to diminish the power of the Papacy in order to appeal to this one world church they are trying to create.
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PartyIsOver221 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 25, 2010, 09:32:19 AM »

They are not true Popes. That's why.
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