Antipope
Definition
A person elected illegally or uncanonically to the office of pope of the Roman Catholic Church, in opposition to the officially recognized, legitimate sovereign pontiff. This historical phenomenon usually emerged during periods of religious schism or major political conflicts between the papacy and the empire, when various rival factions disputed supreme spiritual authority.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Antipope
- Rival pope
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Masculine noun, regular structural plural variations. |
| Formation | Derived noun formed by adding the prefix 'anti-' to the base noun 'papă'. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [an.ti.ˈpa.pə] |
| Source | Lexicon of Ecclesiastical History and Medieval Papal Studies |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: În timpul Marii Schisme Apusene, un antipapă își avea sediul la Avignon, în timp ce pontiful legitim guverna de la Roma.
EN: During the Western Schism, an antipope was based in Avignon, while the legitimate pontiff ruled from Rome.
RO: Împăratul german a sprijinit un antipapă pentru a slăbi influența politică a Vaticanului asupra teritoriilor sale.
EN: The German emperor supported an antipope to weaken the Vatican's political influence over his territories.
RO: Cronica medievală detaliază modul în care adunarea cardinalilor disidenți a ales un antipapă pentru a contesta deciziile Conciliului.
EN: The medieval chronicle details how the assembly of dissident cardinals elected an antipope to challenge the Council's decisions.
Idioms & Phrases
Alegere de antipapă / Election of an antipope
RO: Conclav necanonic organizat de o facțiune răzvrătită pentru a numi un lider spiritual rival.
EN: An uncanonical conclave organized by a rebel faction to appoint a rival spiritual leader.
Succesiune de antipapi / Line of antipopes
RO: Șir cronologic de pontifi nelegitimi care au pretins scaunul papal în paralel cu dinastia oficială.
EN: A chronological sequence of illegitimate pontiffs who claimed the papal throne in parallel with the official dynasty.
Dinastie de antipapă / Antipope dynasty
RO: Perioadă în care autoritatea unui papă fals era susținută și perpetuată de anumite state europene.
EN: A period when the authority of a false pope was supported and perpetuated by certain European states.
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