Peter the Roman is Still Coming!

I could tell you, but them I'd have to kill you. | Dangus

[dangus]

Half of Freeperdom seems to have been caught up in the speculation that Pope Benedict XVI's successor would be Peter the Roman, the final pope before the end of the world. But the gospel plainly said that you shall not know the day nor the hour. How can end-of-the-world prophecies be true AND the gospel be true? Simple: the end-of-the-world prophecies must be fulfilled in secret. But how?

Simple: Pope Benedict XVI is still the pope! Sure, other popes have resigned, but they quickly died afterward. Benedict hasn't even left the Vatican! Think about it: Pope Francis won't even wear the papal vestments. Oh, he's too modest, they say. No, it's because dear Pope Benedict still wears them.

But why? Now, when Pope Benedict dies, they can gather all the cardinals, supposedly for his funeral, and elect a new pope without the world even knowing.

[Lazamataz]

I just got dumber, for reading this.

[mountainlion]

Does that translate romans eat donuts?

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

While watching the installation Mass of Pope Francis, the TV commentators showed a close-up of the papal ring.

The papal ring has a depiction of St. Peter, the first pope,
holding keys.

Just throwing this tidbit of information out there.

[dangus]

Holy Roman Church.

It’s a little tipoff that the prophecies of St Malachy are inauthentic, because it’s an unusual construction for when the prophecies were supposedly written (11th century), but not for when they were found (16th century).

[dangus]

By that tortured logic, every pope has been Peter the Roman.

[KC_Lion]

It means "Roman Go Home!"

It's from Monty Python.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Wow!

[Jack Hydrazine]

How so?

[null and void]

The new pope is named after St. Francis of Assisi.

St. Francis of Assisi was born named Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, and is one of the two patron saints of Italy (i.e. Rome)

[Moonman62]

Oh good grief. All around a prophecy the church doesn’t even acknowledge as real. I was hoping all this junk would go away when we obviously didn’t get a ‘Peter the Roman’.

Something has to fill the void left by the Mayan calendar.

[null and void]

“Think about it: Pope Francis won’t even wear the papal vestments.”

I just can’t see the order of albino assassin monks taking orders from someone named Francis anyhow.

The traditional papal vestments are dark...

...lighten up, Francis!

I can't believe I just typed that!

[dangus]

Nearly every pope has been born and raised in Italy, with about half a dozen exceptions. But the one guy who is NOT from Italy is “the Roman” because he has parents who are from Italy? Please, it would make more sense if he were called “Peter the Not Roman.”

St. Francis of Assissi’s was born Giovanni di Bernadone. His FATHER was Pietro. Hence, Giovanni di Pietro di Berndadone. (Francesco was only a nickname, not a birthname.) So you’re basically saying that Jorge is Petrus because Jorge named himself Francis after someone who’s father was Pietro, which is Italian for Petrus. That’s two or three degrees of separation.

[null and void]

You know you can’t let your relatives live under bridges.

Even if you are the pontiff? ("Pontiff", literally "Bridge builder")

[dangus]

It was satire.

Lighten up, Pope Francis.

[dangus]

In Italian that means that Francis’ FATHER was named Pietro.

[null and void]

Does that translate romans eat donuts?

No that's SPQR, or was that Silly People These Romans?

[null and void]

Yes, but Peterson is still part of his name.

[kabumpo]

SPQR: soni porchi questi Romani

[Campion]

That’s actually wrong. It says “Romans they go (present tense) home”, but “domus” is nominative case, which doesn’t make sense. I think “Romans go home” should be imperative (command, not statement), maybe something like “Romanes, Ite [ad] Domum!”.

[dangus]

I’ll get nervous when get to the Peterson Milanison part of Malachy’s list. ;^)