papacy
Holy See's authority
The papacy is the office and authority of the Pope, the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
It also refers to a particular pope's tenure: The papacy of John Paul II lasted 27 years.
More broadly, the papacy denotes the system of church government centered on papal authority, often discussed in historical or political contexts: the medieval papacy's influence on European monarchs.
Papal city-state
- Holy SeePapal governing authority
- curiaAdministrative assembly hall
- conclavePrivate, secretive assembly
- cardinalOf foremost importance
bishop · Rome · apostolic · ecclesiastical · pontificate · see · clergy · hierarchy
Private, secretive assembly
- electionOrganized public voting
- ballotVoting document
- white smokeVatican election success indicator
- black smokeSooty airborne combustion byproduct
enthronement · fisherman's ring · resignation · abdication · interregnum · scrutiny · voting · chimney
Unchallengeable official beliefs
- theologyStudy of the divine
- encyclicalFormal papal circular letter
- canonAccepted authoritative works
- infallibilityIncapacity for mistakes
catechism · creed · orthodoxy · heresy · exegesis · ecumenical · transubstantiation · schism
Ornamental feminine headband
- mitrePointed clerical headwear
- vestmentsCeremonial religious attire
- palliumDraped outer garment
- triple crownThree linked major victories
cassock · stole · crosier · insignia · coronation · robes · pontifical · regalia
French papal seat
- antipopeIllegitimate papal claimant
- Great SchismHistoric Christian church division
- ReformationReligious movement splitting Christianity
- Counter-ReformationChurch's internal reform movement
Borgia · Medici · Crusades · Inquisition · Renaissance · medieval · concordat · Constantine
Rome's principal Catholic church
- Sistine ChapelVatican worship hall
- Swiss GuardPapal security force
- Vatican CityIndependent papal microstate
- Vatican MuseumsPapal art repository
St. Peter's Square · Vatican Bank · Lateran Treaty · Bernini · baldachin · obelisk
Vatican
Papal city-state
- Holy SeePapal governing authority
- curiaAdministrative assembly hall
- conclavePrivate, secretive assembly
cardinal · bishop · Rome · apostolic · ecclesiastical · pontificate · see · clergy · hierarchy · canon law
conclave
Private, secretive assembly
- electionOrganized public voting
- ballotVoting document
- white smokeVatican election success indicator
black smoke · enthronement · fisherman's ring · resignation · abdication · interregnum · scrutiny · voting · chimney
dogma
Unchallengeable official beliefs
- theologyStudy of the divine
- encyclicalFormal papal circular letter
- canonAccepted authoritative works
infallibility · catechism · creed · orthodoxy · heresy · exegesis · ecumenical · transubstantiation · schism · ex cathedra
tiara
Ornamental feminine headband
triple crown · cassock · stole · crosier · insignia · coronation · robes · pontifical · regalia
Avignon
French papal seat
- antipopeIllegitimate papal claimant
- Great SchismHistoric Christian church division
- ReformationReligious movement splitting Christianity
Counter-Reformation · Borgia · Medici · Crusades · Inquisition · Renaissance · medieval · concordat · Constantine · Peter
St. Peter's Basilica
Rome's principal Catholic church
- Sistine ChapelVatican worship hall
- Swiss GuardPapal security force
- Vatican CityIndependent papal microstate
Vatican Museums · St. Peter's Square · Vatican Bank · Lateran Treaty · Bernini · baldachin · obelisk
- Catholic ChurchVatican, cardinals, popes, parishes, Holy See
- CatholicismVatican, cardinals, Holy Communion, popes, Roman Catholicism
- ChristianityJesus, Bible, Christ, God, Jesus Christ
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
- Medieval Eraknights, Middle Ages, castles, feudal lords, medieval period
- Medieval Europekings, queens, knights, castles, castle
papacyProtestantism
Reformation-era Christian movement
Reformation · Quakerism · Eastern Orthodoxy · Lutheranism · Calvinism
papacysecularism
Separation of faith, state
secular state · separation of church and state · anticlericalism · republic · constitutional democracy
- Papa John'sPizza delivery franchise
- papa bearMale head of den
- Papa SmurfFictional colony's aged leader
- come to papaExclamation willing luck closer
- papal visitPope's formal travel abroad
- papal audienceOfficial meeting with pope