Tuesday, November 9, 2010

MATER ET CAPVT

"MOTHER AND MISTRESS"

2 comments:

  1. It should be Mother and Head.

    The literal translation is:

    "Most Holy Lateran Church, of all the churches in the city and the world, the mother and head"

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  2. In English "mater et caput" it is translated from the Council of Trent as "mother and mistress" of all churches.

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