- antiquity, a
pontiff (from
Latin pontifex) was a
member of the most
illustrious of the
colleges of
priests of the
Roman religion, the
College of
Pontiffs. The...
- Max" or "P.M." The
office of
Pontifex Maximus, or head of the
College of
Pontiffs, was held by
Julius Caesar and thereafter, by the
Roman emperors, until...
- the
pontiffs were
primarily concilia (advisers) of the kings, but
after the
expulsion of the last
Roman King in 510 BC, the
College of
Pontiffs became...
- The
pontifex maximus (Latin for 'supreme
pontiff') was the
chief high
priest of the
College of
Pontiffs (Collegium Pontifi****) in
ancient Rome. This was...
- burial. The Ordo
Exsequiarum Romani Pontificis (Rite of
Burial for
Roman Pontiffs) is a thin red
liturgical book
containing the
rites preceding and during...
-
Vicar of
Jesus Christ Successor of the
Prince of the
Apostles Supreme Pontiff of the
Universal Church Patriarch of the West
Primate of
Italy Archbishop...
-
recognised as saints, of whom 31 are martyr-saints, and 53 of the
first 54
pontiffs would be
acknowledged as saints. In addition, 13
other popes are in the...
-
standpoint of
Dvaita and a
treatise on
Purva Mimamsa. He
served as the
pontiff of the
matha at
Kumbakonam from 1621 to 1671.
Raghavendra Tirtha was also...
- of age is
requested to
offer his
resignation from
office to the
Supreme Pontiff, who,
taking all the cir****stances into account, will make
provision accordingly"...
-
priests are said to be
pontiffs,
pontiff meaning 'bridge builder' (pons + facere). The most
common interpretation is that
pontiffs are
symbolically the...
