Anchoring Pontifical Authority: A Reconsideration of the Papal Employment of the Title Pontifex Maximus
It is a common assumption that the title of supreme priesthood or pontifex maximus is included in the official papal titulature, and it has been supposed that the Roman bishop adopted it from the Roman emperor in late antiquity. In fact, however, it was probably not until the fifteenth century that...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2017]
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Journal of religious history
Year: 2017, Volume: 41, Issue: 3, Pages: 312-325 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Pontifex maximus
/ Pope
/ Titulature
/ Church history studies 1400-2016
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| RelBib Classification: | KCB Papacy |
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