Talk:Prophecy of the Popes

message: that the Revision as of 21:19, 5 August 2009 be implemented. - 100.14.81.196 (talk) 05:54, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: This one?  Erm, no.  Only one person on the planet would want that version restored, and he is indef blocked. So blocking this IP now. --Floquenbeam (talk) 17:53, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

text: What's an "Erm" ? - 100.14.67.50 (talk) 19:58, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: It's an interjection expressing hesitation or disagreement. See :wikt:erm. In the U.S., we usually spell it "um". --Metropolitan90 (talk) 19:48, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Formal request as per Wikipedia's guidelines : 

message: Who has decided "They" know Biblical prophecy better than anyone else? Revelation never calls the 'City upon seven hills' Rome directly, it's a matter of interpretation. Many Protestants believe Rome is this "City," why offend Catholics and others who do not believe this? There are many cities upon "seven hills," why would God destroy the one housing His Church? It makes no sense. There is no reason to have "i.e. Rome" on the information section for Peter the Roman.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:C1:C001:39F0:F83A:9DEF:4706:45B1 (talk) 11:26, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a creative theory that a prophecy about Peter the Roman was referring to some other seven-hilled city, but the reliable sources interpret this as referring to Rome, and we are obliged to summarize what reliable sources say. (Most of the prominent reliable sources are by Catholic writers, btw.)--Trystan (talk) 12:55, 8 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  "i.e. Rome" 

message: This pope was born in the Province of Belluno, which ties in with the lunar reference.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:4C8:140F:7E07:1:1:3888:C2D1 (talk) 00:39, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Because that province is the one that gets a halfmoon every month? Because its mountains are closer to space? Semifamiliar name? InedibleHulk (talk) 00:52, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

text: (Pardon the commet necromancy), but Americans are terrible at linguistics) Belluno is not a lunar reference "The name of the city is derived from Celtic belo-dunum which means 'splendid hill.'" The Italian word for the planetoid that orbits Earth is Luna, not Luno. L'uno is also italian, but has nothing to do with the moon.  Dominick (TALK) 16:22, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  John Paul I 

message: Regarding , I understand the temptation to attempt to fix a perceived error in the sources, but Wikipedia is not the place for original research. Arguing why you think multiple reliable sources spanning hundreds of years are all wrong isn't relevant, because our job as an encyclopedia is to simply report what the sources say. The article already mentions that alternative interpretations exist, citing Sieczkowski. Even that wording is fairly generous when considering WP:DUEWEIGHT, given that it is a reading very much in the small minority. 
I'm not sure if it is helpful to address the substantive merits of the the OR, since even absolutely true OR doesn't belong on Wikipedia. But it may be useful to note that there is no reason to think that the reliable sources are flawed in their reading of the original text on this point (pun intended). In English, what we now call a period or full stop continued to act "as a type of comma
until its standardization in the early 17th century." Perhaps Latin was different, and I'm not an expert on 16th century punctuation in either English or Latin, but that's just the point: expertise is required. We can't substitute our own research and conclusions - especially ones grounded in modern assumptions about punctuation and grammar - for the work of expert reliable sources. If they interpreted the mark as the equivalent of a comma, or disregarded it as a typo, that's what we must reflect as well.--Trystan (talk) 15:07, 23 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Addition of original research in translation of 112