Vatican removes title 'patriarch of the West' after pope's name

[JReducation]

How about Vicar of Christ, which is one of his titles.

If I can vote here, I’d like to vote for Vicar of Jesus Christ and Successor of St. Peter.

Fraternally,

JR

 

[Muzhik]

As another poster has pointed out, this may be a move toward creating smaller patriarchates. If we were to create them, then each patriarch would also have a certain degree of liturgical freedom. This would calm some of the anxieties of the Asians, Africans and South Americans. We’re not speaking here of the descendants of the Europeans, but the indigenous Catholics.

For some reason this line of thought brings to mind how when the Moslems were threatening Constantinople, the Patriarch of Constantinople created a separate patriarchate for Russia, which is why we now have the Russian Orthodox Church headed by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. It was his way of ensuring that if the Moslems DID conquer Constantinople, then the Orthodox faith would still survive.

There are some who believe an Islamic take-over of Italy and Rome is in the near future. If His Holiness **should **create separate Patriarchates from the Latin Church, then it is one way to insure the Throne of Peter will still exist, even if Rome should fall …

 

[Holly3278]

Our blessed Pope Benedict is indeed the vicar of Christ and the successor of St. Peter. I honestly don’t know what to think about him removing this title though I guess it is a good thing.

 

[JReducation]

Our blessed Pope Benedict is indeed the vicar of Christ and the successor of St. Peter. I honestly don’t know what to think about him removing this title though I guess it is a good thing.

I don’t know who knows, because there was no big announcement as to why. That being said, he remains the Vicar of Christ. Recent popes have also stopped using the tiara and Benedict has taken it out of his coat of arms, indicating that they are dropping the monarchic paradigm.

Like many other things, these are not essential to the Office of Peter. The office remains untouched and the succession is still in place.

In the end, that’s the important thing.

Fraternally,

Br. JR, OSF

 

[Toribus]

Without mentioning the Tiara (beyond my personal wish for its restoration), I think that if what an earlier poster said about the title “Patriarch of the West” coming not from within the Latin tradition, but rather as an “assumption” or even “imposition” from the East, then it is fitting that the Holy Father cease to use what essentially obfuscates the Eastern understanding of the Petrine office.

 

[Eucharisted]

Pope Benedict has removed the title ‘Patriarch of the West’ from his long list of titles. How interesting.

catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0601225.htm

“Cardinal Achille Silvestrini, retired prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches, told the Italian news agency ANSA that the deletion was a “sign of ecumenical sensitivity” on the part of Pope Benedict.”.

I hope his decision helps toward reunification.

It was removed in 2006. This news story is three years old!