Posted on 04/04/2005 8:40:50 AM PDT by Siobhan
"Interregnum" means bewteen the reigns.
thanks for the link!
Mine too.
Bettnet has links to various blogs, some run by priests. One priest commented on omitting the Pope's name during prayer.
Just a question of curiousity...I am not a Catholic so outside of general knowledge I am not fully sure of the answer to this question:
Does the Catholic church state whether the pope goes to purgatory or is he exempt due to his position and why?
Any info is appreciated...thanks.
No, there are no papal exemptions when it comes to the Judgement.
I understand what it means, that's not the question.
I find it confusing because he, of course, was the Vicar of the King and the King still reigns.
There no mention that the pope is a King. Those are your words.
Sorry. Sister Bernadette taught me to translate as literally as possible.
[Latin : inter-, inter- + regnum, reign; see reign.]
A king reigns, a vicar does not. And I understand that one of the secondary definitions is a period between governments.
My original question remains: Is this a term a that is normally used when we are without a pope?
It just seems imprecise. Maybe we don't have a better term.
I guess I should have Googled the question when it first came to me. It appears interregnum is the term normally in use.
And, as the pope is the temporal ruler of Vatican City, now it makes more sense to me. Yay!
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