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21. The seat of the Bishop of Rome is called "the Holy See". What does "see" mean? Does it mean “Holy Sea”, as the word “see” could be an archaic spelling of the word “sea”. It would make sense, because there is an unholy sea in the Bible also, called “Lake of fire”. It sure sounds like “Holy Sea”, because it makes most ...
The pope is generally not called the Holy See, he is the bishop of the Holy See. The pope lives in the Papal Apartments located in Vatican City, and has a summer residence in Castel Gandolfo. The pope is what we call the successor of St Peter: he is the bishop of a very old diocese (or "see", or "seat") called the Holy See. As its bishop, he ...
1. Mathew 24:15 refers to area around the city of Jerusalem. When the idolatrous standards of the Romans should be set up in the holy ground, which extended some furlongs outside the city walls, then the followers of Christ were to find safety in flight. Luke says "when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies."
The Diocese of Rome is known as the "See of Peter", the "Apostolic See", the "Holy Roman Church" the "Holy See" — titles which indicate its unique position in Christendom and suggest the origin of its preeminence. Rome, more than any other city, bears witness both to the past splendour of the pagan world and to the triumph of Christianity.
Sedevacantism is a doctrinal position within traditionalist Catholicism which holds that the present occupier of the Holy See is not a valid pope due to the mainstream Catholic church's alleged espousal of modernism and that, for lack of a valid pope, the See of Rome is vacant. The term sedevacantism is derived from the Latin phrase sede ...
For the Holy See's position, please see: Communion received on the tongue and while kneeling | Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff. The most ancient practice of distributing Holy Communion was, with all probability, to give Communion to the faithful in the palm of the hand.
A “shortcut” is to go a so-called “minor penitentiary”—a priest designated by the bishop, or by the Holy See, who can absolve from censures. Every diocese should have them at the cathedral, and there are some at all of the four major Papal basilicas in Rome (St. Peters, St. John Lateran, St. Paul Outside the Walls, and St. Mary Major).
@MattGutting Actually, I would say Yes, in general. Miracles are important in the progress to canonisation, and the Holy See does pronounce on authentic visions and associated miracles. I suspect everything is reported in the Acta, but they only go back to 1870ish, are in Latin and don't easily show classifications like "Miracles recognised".
Some sins (e.g., abortion; cf. Ken Graham's answer above) also incur an excommunication that is reserved to the local ordinary (bishop), and other excommunications (e.g., for illicitly consecrating bishops, as happened in China) are even reserved to the Apostolic See (pope). Thus, while a priest could absolve the sin, a bishop or pope might be ...
How "Holy Ghost" as a concept for "Person" #3 in the Trinity relates to the concept of the other 2 "persons", namely. "Person" #1: God. "Person" #2: the Logos / the Word who took on flesh and appeared to us as Jesus. The work of God in the 3rd Person ("Holy Ghost") in Christianity understood through the function of the concept of the 3rd Person.