we went to see Conclave earlier today;
James Blish's demon Pope takes the name, Juvenember LXIX, although what that name signifies or why his number is so high I have no idea.
In Poul Anderson's The Avatar, XXVIII, Caitlin Mulryan, raised in post-Troubles Catholic Ireland, says that she believes:
"'In life...'" (p. 248)
In Anderson's Technic History, some characters, like van Rijn and the Nuevo Mexicans, are Catholics whereas others, like Philippe Rochefort and Fr. Axor, are "Jerusalem Catholics." We are not told whether these are the same. If my theory that Jerusalem Catholicism is the former Roman Catholicism with its headquarters moved to Jerusalem is correct, then it follows that the Bishop of Jerusalem is the Pope but Poul Anderson avoids all such details. There are many unanswered questions in his Technic History.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
I can imagine, however, even assuming the Papacy relocated to or near Jerusalem, the popes continuing to call themselves "Bishop of Rome," out of time honored tradition (even if the City had been destroyed).
Ad astra! Sean
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