ScottX's definitions

bishop

The highest level of the Roman Catholic clergy. Rules over an area called a diocese. Can ordain priests. Wears a tall, pointed hat called a miter; carries a staff called a crosier; wears a large cross and a large ring. Answerable to the pope.

Did your bishop just checkmate my king?

by ScottX October 18, 2005

Red Pope

A nickname for the cardinal who heads the Vatican's Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Used because cardinals wear scarlet robes and the congregation has lots of power in missionary countries.

Cardinal Ivan Dias is the current Red Pope.

by ScottX November 28, 2006

minister

a protestant clergyman

A minister, a priest, and a rabbi walk into a bar...What is this, some kind of joke?

by ScottX September 11, 2006

Photons

Particles of light or other electromagnetic radiation.

Photons have mass? I didn't even know they were Catholic.

by ScottX November 26, 2006

white pope

The bishop of Rome, the successor of St. Peter, the vicar of Jesus Christ, the leader of all Christians in the world.

The Roman Catholic pope is sometimes called the white pope, in distinction to the "black pope" or the "red pope".

by ScottX January 10, 2007

Jebbie

Slang for Jesuit or member of the Society of Jesus.

The Jebbies are the intellectuals of the Catholic Church.

by ScottX November 20, 2006

Memere

Sometimes spelled Mere Mere, pronouced "meh-may". French Canadian for grandma.

Memeres and Peperes are the Grandmas and Grandpas of French kids.

by ScottX October 22, 2006