PONTIFEX MAXIMUS

pŏnˈtĭfĕks măkˈsĭməs, highest priest of Roman religion and official head of the college of pontifices. As the chief administrator of religious affairs he regulated the conduct of religious ceremonies, consecrated temples and other holy places, and controlled the calendar. During the time of the empire, and until Christianity became firmly established, the emperor was designated pontifex maximus. After the supremacy of Christianity, the popes assumed the title.

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books on: Pontifex Maximus  - 906 results

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Roman Religion in Valerius Maximus
Book by Hans-Friedrich Mueller; Routledge, 2002
Subjects: Rome--Religion, Valerius Maximus
...Tiberius, also happens to be pontifex maximus of the state religion, princeps...priestesses: Publius Licinius, Pontifex Maximus, whips a Vestal for letting...flames burn too brightly when the Pontifex Maximus Metellus saves the Palladium...
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Valerius Maximus & the Rhetoric of the New Nobility
Book by W. Martin Bloomer; University of North Carolina Press, 1992
Subjects: Authors And Readers--Rome, Didactic Literature, Latin--History And Criticism, Exempla--History And Criticism, Nobility--Rome, Rhetoric, Ancient, Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C--Historiography, Rome--History--Tiberius, 14-37--Historiography, Valerius Maximus--Factorum Et Dictorum Memorabilium Libri Ix
...named murder that of Carbo Arvina though Valerius alludes to others "the heads of the chiefs of state" . Scaevola the Pontifex was among these illustrious senatorial casualties; but Valerius has no time, it seems, for such details. He is moving away...
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Memorable Deeds and Sayings
Book by Valerius Maximus, D. Wardle; Clarendon Press, 1998
Subjects: Didactic Literature, Latin--Translations Into English, Exempla--Translations Into English, Rome--Civilization, Rome--Social Life And Customs
...g. 1. 1. 2 and its parallel. Metellus vero pontifex maximus Metellus pontifex maximus Postumium consulem eundem- Postumium...under the leadership of the chief pontiff pontifex maximus there were numerous pontiffs fifteen after...
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The Augustan Aristocracy
Book by Ronald Syme; Clarendon Press, 1986
Subjects: Nobility--Rome, Rome--History--Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D
...XXIV. Piso the Pontifex 329...XXVIII. Fabius Maximus 403...names Piso the Pontifex, Lentulus the Augur, Paullus Fabius Maximus. 26 Caesar...the office of pontifex maximus, and actively...
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The Roman Government of Britain
Book by Anthony R. Birley; Oxford University Press, 2005
Subjects: Great Britain--History--Roman Period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D, Great Britain--Politics And Government--To 1485, Romans--Great Britain--Politics And Government
...Britannia qualis sit qualesque progeneret, mox certiora et magis explorata dicentur. Quippe tamdiu clausam aperit eccep?incipum maximus, nec indomitarum modo ante se verum ignotarum quoque gentium victor, propriarum rerum fidem ut bello affectavit, ita triumpho...
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journal articles on: Pontifex Maximus  - 16 results

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Aeneas or Numa? Rethinking the Meaning of the Ara Pacis Augustae
Journal article by Paul Rehak; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 83, 2001
Subjects: Art criticism, Roman civilization, Sculpture
...his assumption of the role of pontifex maximus in March of 12 B.C.E., while...Under the direction of the pontifex maximus, the pontifices were also responsible...the latter, and after becoming pontifex maximus in 12 B.C.E. he had the right...
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Spleen and the Monumentum: Memory in Horace and Baudelaire
Journal article by Michele Lowrie; Comparative Literature, Vol. 49, 1997
Subjects: Baudelaire, Charles Pierre (1821-67), Comparative studies, Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65-8 BC), Literary criticism, Poetry, Source studies
...signaled doubly as Roman (through the scene of the pontifex maximus climbing the Capitoline accompanied by a Vestal...alien. More than simply Horaces own culture, the pontifex and Vestal virgin represent the Roman Empire. The...
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The "prevailing Religion" in Greece: Its Meaning and Implications
Journal article by Kyriakos N. Kyriazopoulos; Journal of Church and State, Vol. 43, 2001
Subjects: Church & state, Constitutions, Freedom of religion, Greece, Human rights, International law
...exceed the legislative jurisdiction of the church in its exclusively internal affairs. The notion of the state as Pontifex Maximus is outdated; moreover, it confers upon the modern secular state a metaphysical dimension, which only religious communities...
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Calvin as an Ecumenical Churchman
Journal article by John T. Mcneill; Church History, Vol. 57, 1988
Subjects: Church History
...that the universal Church is virtually the Roman Church, the head of all the churches, and its chief pontiff ( Pontifex Maximus). Again, it is fundamental that this Church "cannot err in determining faith and morals." 1 This was to identify...
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Overview of U.s. White Supremacist Groups*
Journal article by Chip Berlet, Stanislav Vysotsky; Journal of Political and Military Sociology, Vol. 34, 2006
Subjects: Economic structure, Income inequality, Political activism, Race, Radical groups, Religion, Religious organizations, Social activism, White supremacists
...MHRN, and NCHD 2003; Beirich and Potok 2003; Hightower, 2002). Matt Hale eventually became the national leader (Pontifex Maximus) of the Creativity movement, although he was later jailed after his conviction on charges of soliciting the assassination...
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Of Time and the Reiver
Magazine article by Edd Doerr; The Humanist, Vol. 55, March 1995
Subjects: John Paul II, Pope--Appreciation, Man of the Year selections--1994 AD, Time (Periodical)--Achievements and awards
...smile) from the magazines December 26, 1994, cover: his holiness John Paul II, the holy father, supreme pontiff, and pontifex maximus (a pretentious title borrowed from the ancient emperors of Rome, meaning "the supreme bridge between heaven and earth...
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The Man Behind the Curtain
Magazine article by Edd Doerr; The Humanist, Vol. 59, July 1999
Subjects: Catholic Church--Social policy, Catholics--Social policy, John Paul II, Pope--Social policy, Roman Catholics--Social policy
...Rome reverentially referred to in the media as the "Pontiff." Pontiff, of course, is the anglicization of the Latin Pontifex Maximus, the title adopted by the self-deified Roman emperors and subsequently appropriated by a long succession of leaders...
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Ecstasy in Late Imperial Rome
Magazine article by Dirk Bennett; History Today, Vol. 48, October 1998
Subjects: Church history--4th century, Paganism--4th century, Rome (Ancient)--History, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. (Empire)
...supervising all cults and religions as a supreme priest, or Pontifex Maximus. The mystery religions have over the centuries...directly emphasised the role of its hearer as the new Pontifex Maximus. FOR FURTHER READING J. Ferguson, Greek and Roman...
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While We're at It
Magazine article by Richard John Neuhaus; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, March 2007
Subjects: Christian theology--Evaluation, Christian theology--Forecasts and trends, Christianity--Evaluation, Christianity--Forecasts and trends, Dawkins, Richard--Criticism and interpretation, Geopolitics--Evaluation, Geopolitics--Forecasts and trends, The God Delusion (Book)--Criticism and interpretation
...DIEI XII ANTE KAL NOVEMBRIS MMVI QUO BENEDICTUS XVI PONTIFEX MAXIMUS DECESSORUM SUORUM VESTIGIA SECUTUS ACADEMICA COMMUNITATE...auspicious day of 21 October 2006 on which Benedict XVI, Pontifex Maximus, following the footsteps of his predecessors, and...
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The Puzzling Pope
Magazine article by Andrew M. Greeley; Commonweal, Vol. 133, November 3, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Rule of Benedict (Book)--Book reviews
...Ratzingers finest hours, even if Dupuis was cleared, more or less. The most interesting chapter in the book--"Pontifex Maximus, Pontifex Minimus"--compares the papal styles of John Paul II and Benedict, the latter far more low-key than the former...
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newspaper articles on: Pontifex Maximus  - 10 results

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Monsignor Was a Bridge-Builder of a Different Sort
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February 5, 2007
Monsignor Was a Bridge-Builder of a Different Sort. Byline: Sammi King "When I think of the Pontifex Maximus (a title that is held by the Pope) I often think of Monsignor Donovan," said the Rev. Michael Rasicci, of Calvary Episcopal Church...
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How Benedict Is Winning the Fight for the Soul of the Anglican Church
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 26, 2009
Subjects: Anglicanism
...such a title. He is, after all, Pontifex Maximus, an ancient title indicating...Authority Catholics forget that Pontifex Maximus is not just a title passed from...Roman Republic. The post of Pontifex Maximus was the highest office in the...
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Books: The Gods of the Romans Live on; the Romans and Their Gods. R M Ogilvie. Pimlico. Pounds 10
Newspaper article by Ciaran Mckeown; The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), April 17, 2000
...more than another 300 years. Caesar was of course pontifex maximus, which originally meant the greatest bridge-builder...written by theologians; and of course, the Pope as pontifex maximus, the Supreme Pontiff or bridge-builder, was an obvious...
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Hey Big Spender!
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 14, 2007
...thisone of just 888 made worldwidefor ?6,000. Its gold-chased design is crowned by a cap, symbolising the tiaraof the Pontifex Maximus. It is embellished with an 18-carat gold nib, and isengraved with the seal of Pope Julius II. ART AN Irish buyer...
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Cartoon Memories; MUSEUM CELEBRATES GEORDIE SATIRIST OF 1930s
Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), April 23, 2008
Subjects: Museums
...Pont came from a trip he made to Italy with his aunt. They made up light-hearted names for each other and his was Pontifex Maximus. From 1930 to 1936 he wrote a weekly strip called The Twiffs, about a British couple, in the magazine Womans Pictorial...
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encyclopedia articles on: Pontifex Maximus  - 12 results

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Pontifex Maximus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PONTIFEX MAXIMUS pon tifeks mak sim s, highest priest of Roman religion and official...Christianity became firmly established, the emperor was designated pontifex maximus. After the supremacy of Christianity, the popes assumed the title...
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Lepidus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...consul in 187 and 175 b.c., a censor in 179 b.c., and pontifex maximus high priest from 180 b.c. He served with distinction...himself and deprived him of his offices, except that of pontifex maximus. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia...
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Metellus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...gens Caecilia. Lucius Caecilius Metellus, d. c.221 b.c., consul (251 b.c.), fought in the First Punic War. He was pontifex maximus (from 243) and was said to have been blinded (241) in rescuing the Palladium from the burning temple of Vesta...
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Scaevola
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...on the Social War. He was proconsular governor of Asia, where the people esteemed him highly. Later he was elected pontifex maximus, but his sacred inviolability did not prevent his murder in the proscription of Marius . He made a systematic compilation...
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Flaccus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...family. His son, Quintus Fulvius Flaccus, was Roman consul four times (237, 224, 212, 209 b.c.), censor (231), pontifex maximus high priest (216), and urban praetor (215). In the Second Punic War he defeated (211) the Carthaginians near Beneventum...
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