Pope on last legs.

[Darth K'Trava]

This is probably getting way off from the course we should be on, but since it is purely informational, I guess it is okay?

As Darth K'Trava said, Lazarus was more of a Raise Dead. But there IS (depending on sect and interpretation of scripture) a scriptural reference that can be taken to imply that John the Baptist was the return of the prophet Elijah.

Now that I haven't heard.....

 

[Torm]

KJV Malachi 4:5 - Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD

KJV Matthew 17:12 - But I say unto you, That Elias [Elijah] is come already, and they knew him not....
KJV Matthew 17:13 - Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.

 

[Turanil]

Oh! Oh! There is plenty of RELIGIOUS SUBJECTS here!!!

 

[Darth K'Trava]

KJV Malachi 4:5 - Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD

KJV Matthew 17:12 - But I say unto you, That Elias [Elijah] is come already, and they knew him not....
KJV Matthew 17:13 - Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.

Thanks, Torm.

 

[Del]

A lighter note

First, thanks for not closing the thread, this was my way of saying goodbye as I can't make it to the Basilica.

On a more humourous note: if you take the amount of time the Holy Father has been lying in state, then add the light's heat lamp effect he's under ...

Not good man, better get a movin with the funeral.

 

[BOZ]

eeewww

i just hope they don't preserve him like Lenin style. i've heard that they have mummified popes in the past, too.

 

[Del]

eeewww

i just hope they don't preserve him like Lenin style. i've heard that they have mummified popes in the past, too.

The will states he will be buried in a grotto at St. Peter's Basilica in a special coffin.

 

[Jdvn1]

Yeah, I understood it was under the Basilica. Like, a basement or something.

 

[BOZ]

that's actually pretty traditional. used to be that was done all the time back in the day. in fact, burials in churches or church yards (read: sacred ground) used to be more common that public graveyards, once upon a time.

 

[Mystery Man]

eeewww

i just hope they don't preserve him like Lenin style. i've heard that they have mummified popes in the past, too.

He's not embalmed, only prepared for viewing. He will be laid to rest with a white silk veil on his face, a rosary in his hands and his body clad in liturgical vestments and a white mitre, the tall headdress worn by popes, his body will be placed inside three coffins — wood, zinc and wood — a design meant to slow decomposition.