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hamburglar
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I heard that JPII was a Carmelite (I would assume a third order)
Is this true?
And what other popes belonged to an order?
Is this true?
And what other popes belonged to an order?
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blessedstar
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Yes it is true. Pope John Paul II was a Third Order Carmelite and wore the Brown Scapular.
In the Living Prayer of my life
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hamburglar
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Do you know if it was discalced or not?
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SPQR
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I have been told by some OCDS that he was a Discalced Carmelite. I was also told by a Benedictine monk that B16 is an oblate to a Benedictine monastery in Bavaria. Don’t have any firm sources for either of these, though.
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He was a Discalced Carmelite with a strong love of St Teresa and of both of the Carmelite Orders.
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LilyM
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He wrote his Masters or Doctoral Thesis on St John of the Cross, if I remember correctly
The info about B16 is interesting though - somehow I always suspected that with his choice of Papal name he’d have to be connected with the Benedictines
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I didn’t know that Lily, thank you.He wrote his Masters or Doctoral Thesis on St John of the Cross, if I remember correctly
The info about B16 is interesting though - somehow I always suspected that with his choice of Papal name he’d have to be connected with the Benedictines
I also don’t know whether Pope Benedict 16th is connected to the Benedictines, but it wouldn’t surprise me if he was.
Thank you and I will try and find some more information about Pope John Paul II’s thesis.
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1948
Defends his thesis “The Problems of Faith in the Works of St. John of the Cross”; earns a doctorate in philosophy.
vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/santopadre_biografie/giovanni_paolo_ii_biografia_prepontificato_en.html
Defends his thesis “The Problems of Faith in the Works of St. John of the Cross”; earns a doctorate in philosophy.
vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/santopadre_biografie/giovanni_paolo_ii_biografia_prepontificato_en.html
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