To: GreyFriar; xzins
The Pope wrote (the Curia only published the Italian, no Latin)
"dichiaro di rinunciare al ministero di Vescovo di Roma" (DECLARATIO)
This dictionary says, as a transitive verb it expresses "abdicate":
www.wordreference.com/enit/abdicate
11 posted on
02/16/2013 12:39:35 PM PST by
annalex
(fear them not)
To: annalex
Abdicate is a better word than either resign or renounce due to alternate meanings of those words.
15 posted on
02/16/2013 4:33:17 PM PST by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! True supporters of our troops pray for their victory!)
To: annalex
Abdicate is a better word than either resign or renounce due to alternate meanings of those words.
16 posted on
02/16/2013 4:35:11 PM PST by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! True supporters of our troops pray for their victory!)
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