ScottX's definitions

cardinal

a "prince" of the Catholic Church; cardinals elect the pope. They are usually bishops. They wear scarlet dresses.

Are the St. Louis cardinals named after birds or the "princes" of the Catholic Church?

by ScottX October 22, 2006

messiah

Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews

Jesus Christ is the messiah, the anointed one, the savior of mankind, the Son of the living God, and God himself. Apart from him no one can enter heaven or receive eternal life.

by ScottX February 19, 2007

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

Photons

Particles of light or other electromagnetic radiation.

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

by ScottX November 26, 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

prot

slang for Protestant

that prot's a Catholic basher!

by ScottX October 22, 2006

Ihs

Abbreviation for 'Ihsous', Greek for Jesus.

Ihs does not mean 'In his service' or 'I have suffered' or 'Iesus Hominem Salvator'. It just means 'Jesus'.

by ScottX November 27, 2006