Word: papal
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...idea of angels. They rebelled against the "decadent" decoration of Renaissance churches, with their lavishly winged, lushly adorned angels + acting as God's attendants but reigning supreme over earthly citizens. In building a new, democratic model of church life, the Protestant reformers not only swept away the papal bureaucracy of Bishops and Cardinals, but the angelic hierarchy as well. Man could commune directly with his Maker without a winged messenger intervening. And God for his part could move the planets through the skies without calling upon angels to push them...
...after the Second Vatican Council, and was directly contrary to what most had predicted would be a softening of restrictions. Many prominent Catholics were caught by surprise--so much so that the main result of the decree in theological circles was to begin a debate on the nature of papal authority versus individual conscience...
Reception of this latest papal encyclical will be divided. Nothing new in that piece of news--except that the very nature of the edict would preclude such division. If the pope was hoping to stifle the issues of authority raised twenty five years ago by Humanae Vitae, he may have only sparked a new surge of active dissension...
...demand of obedience are certain to send tremors through the ranks of the church's liberal wing. (The encyclical is due for release Oct. 5, but several advance copies were circulating to the press last week.) There were rumors that the document would be couched in terms of papal infallibility, making opposition impermissible. While that has not turned out to be the case, dissent is virtually forbidden. "Opposition to the teaching of the church's pastors cannot be seen as a legitimate expression either of Christian freedom or of the diversity of the Spirit's gifts," writes John Paul...
Vatican garages house six of the four-ton, bulletproof Popemobiles. And a surprising 14 other heavy-duty papal vehicles stand at the ready around the world. (The one John Paul rode through Denver last month was shipped up from Mexico.) Land Rover manufactured the first Popemobile for his visit to Britain in 1982, shortly after the Pontiff survived an assassin's bullet. Since then, almost everywhere John Paul went, new Popemobiles were sure to appear -- manufactured and generally donated by Renault, Peugeot, GM, Toyota and Mercedes Benz, among others. Last week, on his trip to the Baltic states (his 61st...