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| '''Holy Father''' may refer to: | |||
| Holy Father according to the Bible, John 17:11, is YHWH. In John 17:11, ] Messiah (Jesus Christ) prays to YHWH calling YHWH His Holy Father. Trinitarians believe the Holy Father is the first person of the ]. | |||
| *], the title given to the first person of the Trinity in Christianity and sometimes to a god in other religions | |||
| :'''KJV John 17:11''' And now I am not in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name whom thou hast given me: that they may be one, as we also are. | |||
| *An honorific often used instead of, or prefixed to, the name of the Catholic ] | |||
| *An Eastern Orthodox usage referring to one of the ] | |||
| {{Disambig}} | |||
| ==The Roman Catholic title== | |||
| The origin of the Roman Catholic title according to http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/apologetics/ap0038.html was "born" during the ]. | |||
| :The qualifier “holy” underlines the spiritual dimension of this fatherhood exercised in the name of God; and we have already said that it does not imply a moral judgment on the person of the ]. The expression “Holy Father” was born in the time of the controversy over lay investiture, and it seemed normal that in its becoming common usage in the acts of the chancery, the Roman Curia had then wished to underscore the spiritual and supernatural level of the mission of the Pope by adding the adjective “holy” — to defend implicitly the superiority of papal power over imperial power. | |||
| ==See also== | |||
| *] | |||
| ] | |||
Latest revision as of 21:57, 9 June 2020
Holy Father may refer to:
- God the Father, the title given to the first person of the Trinity in Christianity and sometimes to a god in other religions
- An honorific often used instead of, or prefixed to, the name of the Catholic Pope
- An Eastern Orthodox usage referring to one of the Church Fathers
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