Talk:Pontifex maximus

message: do you think we could have this first paragraph rewritten for the everyday person to understand? :) Kingturtle 05:27, 4 Sep 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Likewise, the sovereign of England is Supreme Governor of the Church of England since the Tudor schisma extracted Anglicanism from the papal authority, re-awarding itself the title Defender of the Faith (originally awarded by the Pope to the young Henry VIII rewarding a book written before his schism) but now for the new, Protestant version - while it is the Established Church in England and Wales, in Scotland Presbyterianism is.
Yuck!
11:41, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, in the spirit of friendly amendment, how about Britain's King or Queen became in a similar fashion Supreme Governor of the Church of England after he or she rejected the Pope, while remaining Defensor Fidei as that same he or she (Henry VIII) had been first named by the Supreme Pontiff for having written a book in defense of that faith, whichever it was, while it is the Established Church in England and Wales, in Scotland Presbyterianism is. Bill 19:56, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bad Prose Prize 

message: Is this the oldest longest surviving legal office? If so should it be mentioned in the article.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by JvlivsCaesar (talk • contribs) 10:07, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  office 

message: According Pope Pontifex Maximus is included in the official list of titles.--Dojarca (talk) 07:59, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: "Summus Pontifex (Ecclesiae Universalis)" is an official title, not "Pontifex Maximus".  Lima (talk) 19:51, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pope 

message: In this discussion of what needs to be in the main article, there also needs to be a comparision of the overall titles
and real ppower of religion, back in time; e.g. to include
#Israeli High Priests
#Egyptian High Priests
#Melchizedek HIGHIEST PRIESTS
#Pontifex Maximus (esp via Zerah, Phares twin, royal line of Israeli royals)
#Power via Trick of Constantine
#Succession from Christ to Peter to Popes
as today's Popes claim ALL of the above as their RIGHT and their office....BUT ONLY #3 matters as that office has been conferred only twice before - to Melchizedek and to Christ...DIRECTLY FROM GOD> /s/ no.3 lil mel - Psalms 2 & 110
--69.121.221.97 (talk) 18:20, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Article needs comparisons

message: Pagan, while entirely correct in usage, is somewhat pejorative, reflecting Judaio Christian chauvinism.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.150.48.222 (talk) 17:11, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, 'pagan' is anachronistic and thus incorrect to refer to the traditional religion of Rome, because the term didn't come into use until around the time of Tertullian. During the rise of Christianity, it would indeed have been a pejorative, but that isn't necessarily the point. See Religion in ancient Rome; public or state religion in Rome is just one form of religion that later fell upon the rubric 'paganism,' which didn't exist in antiquity as some kind of religious system. It's just a false and misleading concept to use in explaining pontifex maximus. Cynwolfe (talk) 23:41, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pagan 

message: The original number of pointiffs was three, not fiveAldrasto (talk) 08:38, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Number 

message: What is the relevance of an infobox on the fall of the Republic to pontifex maximus? As the article indicates, Augustus took over the role for the emperor, and it pops up again in Christian usage, so the infobox seems like a not very helpful piece of clutter. I'll wait a couple of days, however, to see whether there are any objections before deleting it. Cynwolfe (talk) 23:46, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  SPQR infobox 

message: Pont meaning road is IE, not Etruscan. The author cited is wrong. Cf. WH p. 336, EM p. 521.Aldrasto11 (talk) 04:57, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pont 

message: If the Greek expressions are relevant to the etymology of pontifex maximus, it would be helpful to add their transliterations into the English/Latin alphabet to make the connections with the Latin words more apparent. Thanks.
Frans Fowler (talk) 07:40, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think including transliterations would be in any way helpful.  The Greek words are not the etymological origin of the Latin words.  They serve only to show the concrete meaning that the Latin words had by means of a translation in the language of a contemporary civilization.  If you think the transliterations are helpful, put them in yourself: they are ἀρχιερεὺς archiereus and μέγιστος megistos.  Esoglou (talk) 14:40, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology -- Transliterations of Greek 

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message: I would submit that it originally came from the origin of "religion."  i.e. Babylon.   That group of "priests" began moving to Pergamus after the Medes conquered Babylon in 539.  In 133, when the last king died, they again began to look for a place to move to.  That was when Julius Caesar came to Pergamus and aided that "college" to move to Rome.  He liked the title Pontifex maximus so much that he took it and crowned himself with it and was part of why his end came so quickly.  Every emperor from Caesar up to Constantine, who made Christianity the state religion, took it as a title for themselves.  Constantine crowned the "pope" with the title rather than taking it himself.  The Roman church thus inherited the ancient mystery religions of Babylon.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:248:4403:2D10:CCBE:A2B1:1DC8:8BF1 (talk) 03:52, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin