This picture is a demonstration of Pope Benedict XVI's 'hermeneutic of continuity': he is wearing a stole bearing the arms of his great predecessor, Pope Pius IX. Read about this great Pope here: a moderniser and an anti-liberal, he called the First Vatican Council which proclaimed the doctrine of Papal Infallibility. Hat-tip to Fr Z.
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Welcome back, Pio Nono!
This picture is a demonstration of Pope Benedict XVI's 'hermeneutic of continuity': he is wearing a stole bearing the arms of his great predecessor, Pope Pius IX. Read about this great Pope here: a moderniser and an anti-liberal, he called the First Vatican Council which proclaimed the doctrine of Papal Infallibility. Hat-tip to Fr Z.
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