popes
Holy See heads
Popes is the plural of pope, the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
The word appears in historical discussions spanning multiple pontificates: The popes of the Renaissance were often patrons of the arts.
It also appears in comparative contexts: Some popes have been reformers, others conservatives.
Pope's office and authority
- infallibilityIncapacity for mistakes
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- primacyCondition of being foremost
- successionFollowing in order
interdict · dogma · encyclical · bull · edict · excommunication · anathema · dispensation
Pointed clerical headwear
- crosierEpiscopal ceremonial staff
- palliumDraped outer garment
- vestmentsCeremonial religious attire
- massQuantity of matter
incense · liturgy · canonization · beatification · relics · procession · altar · blessing
Colonnaded church with apse
Unchallengeable official beliefs
- creedStatement of belief
- theologyStudy of the divine
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
catechism · encyclical · exegesis · scripture · tenet · apostolic · teaching · Marian
European cultural reawakening
- BorgiaNotorious Renaissance dynasty
- MediciFlorentine banking dynasty
- CrusadesMedieval wars for Jerusalem
- InquisitionChurch tribunal against heretics
Reformation · Counter-Reformation · schism · Innocent · Gregory · Leo · Benedict · Francis
papacy
Pope's office and authority
- infallibilityIncapacity for mistakes
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- primacyCondition of being foremost
succession · interdict · dogma · encyclical · bull · edict · excommunication · anathema · dispensation · imprimatur
mitre
Pointed clerical headwear
mass · incense · liturgy · canonization · beatification · relics · procession · altar · blessing · ordination
basilica
Colonnaded church with apse
dogma
Unchallengeable official beliefs
orthodoxy · catechism · encyclical · exegesis · scripture · tenet · apostolic · teaching · Marian · transubstantiation
Renaissance
European cultural reawakening
- BorgiaNotorious Renaissance dynasty
- MediciFlorentine banking dynasty
- CrusadesMedieval wars for Jerusalem
Inquisition · Reformation · Counter-Reformation · schism · Innocent · Gregory · Leo · Benedict · Francis · Peter
- Catholic ChurchVatican, papacy, cardinals, parishes, Holy See
- church historychurch history, apostles, Protestant Reformation, Christian history, baptism
- Italian HistoryRome, Venice, Florence, Naples, Sicily
- Baroque ItalyVenice, Naples, Rome, Florence, Milan
- church authoritypapacy, bishops, deacons, presbyters, curia
- medieval churchabbeys, abbey, abbot, abbots, abbess
popeslaypeople
Those outside a profession
parishioners · laity · congregants · novices · flock
popesemperors
Supreme rulers of realms
kings · monarchs · presidents · prime ministers · dictators
popesantipopes
Disputed papal claimants
patriarchs · Martin Luther · John Calvin · reformers · televangelists
- Pope FrancisCurrent head of Catholicism
- Pope John Paul II
- Pope Benedict XVISixteenth pope named Benedict
- Pope BenedictCatholic spiritual leader
- Alexander PopeGeorgian era versifier
- pope's noseFowl's tail tip