IF we had a female Pope, what would her title be?

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In the beginning they were called Elders, then went to Bishops maybe if a woman Pope,>> would return to Bishop, what later followed after the Apostles times, where they were known and called Elders>teachers?

Like St Peter when one came to bow before him?>.St Peter response? In trembling, do not do that, for I am just a man, and Elder among Elders.

Then over time Elder got changed to>> Bishop>>thus the saying title given >>known as being> Bishops among Bishops, for no Bishop over ruled another Bishop>>then over time again, changed to Pope= Abba? Father?

If a Woman Pope maybe return to the title>> Bishop?
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Again,

A Pope is a Bishop
A Bishop is a Priest
A Priest cannot, as infallibly said in OS be a woman

Ergo, there cannot be a woman pope.
 
That would be “moot point,” not “mute.”

Also—-the question was hypothetical, people! It wasn’t a debate on whether women could be popes or not, calm down.

To actually answer the question—I think it would be Popess, or Popetta, or maybe Popina? 😉
(All hypothetical, of course!!!) 😏
 
TomS333 said:
All due respect, but don’t I need to be Catholic before I can be a heretic?
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Oh, good question. A bit of thread drift, but certainly worth answering. You are possibly a material heretic at this point. Which means you have a heretical belief(s), but you are not culpable for those believes, you simply do not know any better.
It is considered very unlikely for a non-Catholic to be a formal heretic, which is someone who holds on to a heretical belief even though he knows it is wrong. Sounds impossible almost, doesn’t it. Well, that is probably due to my poor explanation. Imagine a Catholic who knows what the Church teaches, knows the Church teaches such things infallibly, and yet consciencely accepts that a counter belief and holds to it stubbornly. That’s a formal heretic.
 
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BlackFriar:
Show me a Magisterial text that says a non-bishop (and therefore a woman?) cannot be elected Pope 😉?

That may cause speed wobbles for your logic…at least as stated.
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Oh, yeah, the document: Ordinatio Sacerdotalis “On Reserving Priestly Ordination to Men Alone.”
Ordinatio Sacerdotalis (May 22, 1994) | John Paul II
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Maximilian75 said:
Again,

A Pope is a Bishop. A Bishop is a Priest A Priest cannot, as infallibly said in OS be a woman
Ergo, there cannot be a woman pope.
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Ahem, so the simple request was:
"Show me a Magisterial text that says a non-bishop (ie the non ordained) cannot be elected Pope."

Are you saying you cannot find one?
 
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“moot” point, not “mute” point 🙂
Grammar lesson of the day.
 
Moot: subject to debate, dispute, or uncertainty, and typically not admitting of a final decision.

English lesson of the day.
 
BlackFriar said:
Ahem, so the simple request was:

“Show me a Magisterial text that says a non-bishop (ie the non ordained) cannot be elected Pope.”

Are you saying you cannot find one?
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That’s like asking if a non-citizen or an underage candidate could be elected President.
Could they get on a ballot and garner the votes needed to be elected? It is plausible.
Could it happen licitly? No. In the case of the Pope, though, an invalidly-ordained bishop doesn’t become a bishop and therefore could not be the Bishop of Rome, even if the person was put into the office. It would be a null result.

If someone not already ordained a bishop is elected bishop–which the cardinals are allowed to do–he would be immediately ordained and, upon his valid ordination to the episcopacy, become the Bishop of Rome. If ordination into the episcopacy were to be impossible, though, then becoming Pope is also impossible. He could not be placed into the office, the Chair of Peter would still be vacant, and another election would have to be held. The actions of the person who did not in reality have the authority of Pope would have no binding power.

As stated in Ordinatio Sacerdotalis:
Wherefore, in order that all doubt may be removed regarding a matter of great importance, a matter which pertains to the Church’s divine constitution itself, in virtue of my ministry of confirming the brethren (cf. Lk 22:32) I declare that the Church has no authority whatsoever to confer priestly ordination on women and that this judgment is to be definitively held by all the Church’s faithful .

As stated in Canon Law, the Supreme Pontiff and the Bishop of Rome are one and the same person:
Can. 331 The bishop of the Roman Church, in whom continues the office given by the Lord uniquely to Peter, the first of the Apostles, and to be transmitted to his successors, is the head of the college of bishops, the Vicar of Christ, and the pastor of the universal Church on earth. By virtue of his office he possesses supreme, full, immediate, and universal ordinary power in the Church, which he is always able to exercise freely.

Can. 332 §1. The Roman Pontiff obtains full and supreme power in the Church by his acceptance of legitimate election together with episcopal consecration. Therefore, a person elected to the supreme pontificate who is marked with episcopal character obtains this power from the moment of acceptance. If the person elected lacks episcopal character, however, he is to be ordained a bishop immediately.

Since it is impossible to ordain a woman and since one must receive episcopal consecration in order to become Pope, it is impossible for a woman to become Pope. It could plausibly be pretended, but it cannot be so in reality.
 
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I never said that. We’ve had non ordained men who were elected Pope.

However, men can only be bishops, and the Pope is the Bishop of Rome, ergo… A female pope is a non-possibility
 
It is as possible for a woman to be pope as it is for a giraffe to be pope.
 
If Oprah was Pope she’d be Poprah Oprah I. I suppose we’d have Cardinal Stedman as well. 😉
 
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mdgspencer said:
It is as possible for a woman to be pope as it is for a giraffe to be pope.
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That would be so cool! You know that they have blue tongues (not kidding)! A pope with a blue tongue would attract a lot of people to the Church.
 
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