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pontiff
(redirected from sovereign pontiff)

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pontiff
a former title of the pagan high priest at Rome, later used of popes and occasionally of other bishops, and now confined exclusively to the pope


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I'm afraid that two or three Sovereign Pontiffs will pass before it is definitively settled.
When, Where the Pope Inspires No Hope by The Palestine Chronicle (Mountlake Terrace, WA)
We seek forgiveness from the Sovereign Pontiff and all men of good will, for the grave consequences" of Williamson's assertions, he said.
Pope's gesture to Holocaust denier upsets Catholics too by AFP / AFP Global Edition
I imagine that the CDF might further hold that Jesus always knew he would found a church with seven sacraments and a sovereign pontiff, and that Jesus also lacked the virtue of hope since he already possessed God fully--we do not hope for what we have.
Well ... did he? by Galligan, Andy / Commonweal
 
 
 
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