What Does PP Stand For?

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PP is Pater Patriae father of the country
PM is Pontifex Maximus

Both titles date back to the ancient Romans.

Pontifex Maximus was the highest priest of the Roman Republic, an office held by Julius Caesar

Pater Patria was a title later taken by the Emperors.
 
Cathryn said:
“Pater Patruum” according to Catholic Encyclopia is linked to the cult of Mithracism and “Pope Joan”.

However, as Vico posted above :
PP. Pope of the Popes is used as a Catholic title for the Pope.

PP. – Papa (“Pope”); Pontificum
(“Of the popes”)
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The article you cited does indeed say that. However, “Pontifex Maximus,” which is an undoubted title of the pope, was also the title of the chief priest of the pagan Roman Empire, and was a title also adopted by the pre-Christian Roman emperors, as evidenced by any number of ancient monuments around Rome. So, a title’s prior association with paganism doesn’t by itself rule out the Church’s use of it in a Christian setting and with a Christianized meaning.
 
FrDavid96 said:
PP is Pater Patriae father of the country
PM is Pontifex Maximus

Both titles date back to the ancient Romans.

Pontifex Maximus was the highest priest of the Roman Republic, an office held by Julius Caesar

Pater Patria was a title later taken by the Emperors.
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Forget that PP part.

Got a bit confused.

PP. (not P.P.) is Pope.
 
JJRfan said:
If it is papa why do they use two P’s? Is papa Latin? I’m sure it’s two Latin words.
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If the Latin is plural as some have suggested, this could account for the double letter. This same convention is sometimes used in Spanish when abbreviating such things as Estados Unidos (EEUU), and I have seen the same in French on occasion. In fact, we come across such a practice from Latin in common written English: “Page 18” can be abbreviated “p. 18”, but “pages 18 to 25” is more properly abbreviated “pp. 18-25”.
 
As there’s no agreement I’m not going to choose one from the several offers as to the meaning of PP or pp.:confused:
 
JJRfan said:
As there’s no agreement I’m not going to choose one from the several offers as to the meaning of PP or pp.:confused:
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I don’t blame you for not choosing. If esteemed canonists can’t seem to agree on the correct meaning, I doubt that you will find the answer amonst us CAFers. Anyway, here is an interesting exchange on the subject that might interest you following Fr. Z’s column on “Cardinals promoted”
wdtprs.com/blog/2009/02/cardinals-promoted/
 
zab said:
I don’t blame you for not choosing. If esteemed canonists can’t seem to agree on the correct meaning, I doubt that you will find the answer amonst us CAFers. Anyway, here is an interesting exchange on the subject that might interest you following Fr. Z’s column on “Cardinals promoted”
wdtprs.com/blog/2009/02/cardinals-promoted/
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I won’t send in a dubium then.😃 From that discussion it sounds like even the Pope doesn’t know what it means.
 
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