What does "crossing the Tiber" mean?

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It is a euphamism for returning to the catholic church. The tiber is a river in Rome.

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Nicene:
It is a euphamism for returning to the catholic church.
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I disagree. It is more of a metaphor than a euphemism. 😃
 
Thanks. 🙂

But now you’ve got me curious… what’s the difference between a metaphor & a euphenism???
 
carol marie:
Thanks. 🙂

But now you’ve got me curious… what’s the difference between a metaphor & a euphenism???
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A metaphor says that one thing is another thing. The full metaphor would be: you (figuratively) “cross the Tiber” when you convert to the catholic church.

A euphemism is using a mild term in place of one that is considered offensive or blunt. An example is that people “pass away” instead of die (too blunt).
 
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I do believe CA posters know just about everything. 🙂
 
carol marie:
I’ve heard that so many times… what does it mean?
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There is a good book about Vatican II by that name. “Crossing the Tiber”
 
Br. Rich SFO:
There is a good book about Vatican II by that name. “Crossing the Tiber”
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The footnotes at the bottom of each page are too long. Even though the references make it a sold book they do make it hard to read.
 
Br. Rich SFO:
There is a good book about Vatican II by that name. “Crossing the Tiber”
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Let me correct that there is a book by that name and it is a conversion story. The one I was thinking of is “The Rhine flows into the Tiber”.
 
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Maranatha:
The footnotes at the bottom of each page are too long. Even though the references make it a sold book they do make it hard to read.
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I read the book a few years ago and actually found the footnotes more useful to me.
 
My understanding is that when Rome was much smaller, the entire city was on one side of the Tiber and the center of the Catholic Church (whether it was the Vatican at the time, or the parish of the Bishop, or whatever, I don’t know) was on the other side. So “crossing the Tiber” became a metaphore for leaving paganism and entering the Church.
 
If you do cross the Tiber, try not to swim across. I was in Rome this last October and a dirtier river you would hard-pressed to find. Fortunately there are plenty of bridges to help you out. In a sense, CA is one of them. 🙂
 
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StCsDavid:
If you do cross the Tiber, try not to swim across. I was in Rome this last October and a dirtier river you would hard-pressed to find. Fortunately there are plenty of bridges to help you out. In a sense, CA is one of them. 🙂
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Take a yacht, paddle boat, or whatever… just cross. 😃
 
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