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- noun Plural form of
papacy .
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Examples
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Kris Sanders of Pittsburgh says that after the papacies of John Paul II and Benedict XVI, the Roman Catholic Church is not going back to the days of the late 1960s and early '70s dominated by the falsehood that Vatican II was a repudiation of the 2,000-year history of the church.
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There are many differences between the two papacies and the successes of JPII are as numerous as the failures of Celestine V.
Jon M. Sweeney: Would Pope Benedict XVI Ever Quit? Jon M. Sweeney 2012
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NEW ORLEANS -- Five years into the papacy of Benedict XVI, papal biographer George Weigel is struck by the continuity of mission between Benedict and his predecessor, John Paul II, both of whom have pursued activist papacies engaging an often-skeptical general culture.
Papal Biographer Draws Parallels Between Benedict and John Paul II The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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This book shows that the development of the papacy is unpredictable because the factors shaping papacies have as much to do with social, cultural and political circumstances as with the popes themselves.
Thomas Worcester: From Prince To Pastor: How the Papacy Has Changed Thomas Worcester 2010
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This book shows that the development of the papacy is unpredictable because the factors shaping papacies have as much to do with social, cultural and political circumstances as with the popes themselves.
Thomas Worcester: From Prince To Pastor: How The Papacy Has Changed Thomas Worcester 2010
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NEW ORLEANS -- Five years into the papacy of Benedict XVI, papal biographer George Weigel is struck by the continuity of mission between Benedict and his predecessor, John Paul II, both of whom have pursued activist papacies engaging an often-skeptical general culture.
Papal Biographer Draws Parallels Between Benedict And John Paul II Bryan Maygers 2010
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This book shows that the development of the papacy is unpredictable because the factors shaping papacies have as much to do with social, cultural and political circumstances as with the popes themselves.
Thomas Worcester: From Prince To Pastor: How the Papacy Has Changed Thomas Worcester 2010
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NEW ORLEANS -- Five years into the papacy of Benedict XVI, papal biographer George Weigel is struck by the continuity of mission between Benedict and his predecessor, John Paul II, both of whom have pursued activist papacies engaging an often-skeptical general culture.
Papal Biographer Draws Parallels Between Benedict And John Paul II Bryan Maygers 2010
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This book shows that the development of the papacy is unpredictable because the factors shaping papacies have as much to do with social, cultural and political circumstances as with the popes themselves.
Thomas Worcester: From Prince To Pastor: How The Papacy Has Changed Thomas Worcester 2010
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The opposition has the flavour of de facto schism but postconciliar papacies are adept at papering over the cracks.
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