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Originally posted by NickDC202
reply to post by theAnswer1111
You are correct TheAnswer. My friend the Priest is going to review the original text in the language it was initially written to fully decipher the usage of renounce.
He did share with me that there is absolutely no Biblical or Roman Catholic significance to February 28.
Originally posted by COINOP
The guy is 86 years old people. Seniors his age are in retirement homes or in the dirt. What is the conspiracy here?
Originally posted by z00mster
Originally posted by NickDC202
reply to post by theAnswer1111
You are correct TheAnswer. My friend the Priest is going to review the original text in the language it was initially written to fully decipher the usage of renounce.
He did share with me that there is absolutely no Biblical or Roman Catholic significance to February 28.
What's significant about the date is that it's the last day of the month.
That means not so much hassle to make his last pay check (as opposed to resigning a few days in the next month).
Administrative convenience
Originally posted by lupodigubbio
What an awkward day. I had a dream last night and all I can remember from it is " today is an important day". So I do my morning ritual and then I turn on the computer to find 11:11 on the clock (it's actually much earlier, comp crashed and reset the time) and then I read this pope resigning news and then I see the OP's avatar name "theAnswer1111" . I'm not religious at all but I must admit this malachi prophecy, the resignation of the pope in the year of the brightest comet....just before easter.....two months after the fabled mayan date
I dunno, I hope this day is not the start of somethig as important as my gut suggests it is.
Originally posted by ausername
No conspiracy, just a major historic event... More importantly, we could be witnessing the fulfillment of prophecies here, and among those are a very dark, chaotic and devastating period for all of humanity.
Originally posted by silo13
The television stations (here in Sicily/Italy) are all running ‘Special’ News reports with lots of mixed reactions.
The word ‘courageous’ seems to be the catch phrase tagged on the announcement - though I would decline to agree the Papa is being courageous - not that I’m to judge or should.
One thing each channel/announcer seems to stumble over and/or mention in specifics is the Papa is quoting the exact moment he’ll ‘stop’ being the Pope. It’s a puzzlement to everyone.
. I’m going to spend some time poking around history and prophecies to see if there’s any significance to Feb. 28th 20:00.
On 1 March (the month named for Mars), Romans honored both Mars and the New Year with special rites (feriae Martis). This was the beginning of the Roman year from the period of kings through most of the Roman Republic.
Next to Jupiter, Mars enjoyed the highest honours at Rome. Mars was considered the father of Romulus, who built the walls of Rome. The war god also protected farmers and herdsmen, and sometimes used the title Silvanus.
March, the month of Mars, possessed a succession of festivals dedicated to the god of war and protector of growth. On 1 March the sacred flame in the shrine of Vesta was relit, and the homes of priests and other sacred buildings were decorated with laurel branches, a tree always associated with Mars. On 14 March there was horse racing in the massive Campus Martius, to which the Roman citizenry thronged. On 23 March holy war trumpets were purified.
Originally posted by larphillips
Originally posted by z00mster
Originally posted by NickDC202
reply to post by theAnswer1111
You are correct TheAnswer. My friend the Priest is going to review the original text in the language it was initially written to fully decipher the usage of renounce.
He did share with me that there is absolutely no Biblical or Roman Catholic significance to February 28.
What's significant about the date is that it's the last day of the month.
That means not so much hassle to make his last pay check (as opposed to resigning a few days in the next month).
Administrative convenience
Ha! That's pretty damn funny.
Not sure if you meant it to be or not, but it struck me just right (and pretty logical at the same time.)
Originally posted by Dustytoad
Originally posted by silo13
The television stations (here in Sicily/Italy) are all running ‘Special’ News reports with lots of mixed reactions.
The word ‘courageous’ seems to be the catch phrase tagged on the announcement - though I would decline to agree the Papa is being courageous - not that I’m to judge or should.
One thing each channel/announcer seems to stumble over and/or mention in specifics is the Papa is quoting the exact moment he’ll ‘stop’ being the Pope. It’s a puzzlement to everyone.
. I’m going to spend some time poking around history and prophecies to see if there’s any significance to Feb. 28th 20:00.
Could this be in relation??
On 1 March (the month named for Mars), Romans honored both Mars and the New Year with special rites (feriae Martis). This was the beginning of the Roman year from the period of kings through most of the Roman Republic.
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This is Rome we are talking about after all.. It's right before the New year 13...edit on 2/11/2013 by Dustytoad because: (no reason given)
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