http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/maureen-mullarkey/2013/03/16/papal-thread/ Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:22:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/maureen-mullarkey/2013/03/16/papal-thread/#comment-171 Elizore Sun, 17 Mar 2013 19:54:14 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/maureen-mullarkey/?p=362#comment-171 Christ’s bloodstained feet? That is a deft spin on an aspect of costume that dates to the Roman emperors. The adoption made sense under Constantine and when there existed an entity called the Holy Roman Empire.

]]> http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/maureen-mullarkey/2013/03/16/papal-thread/#comment-169 quondiloquor Sun, 17 Mar 2013 18:57:40 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/maureen-mullarkey/?p=362#comment-169 I was taught the red shoes were a reminder of Christ’s bloodstained feet, i.e., the Church, not an empire.

]]> http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/maureen-mullarkey/2013/03/16/papal-thread/#comment-162 Lin Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:53:40 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/maureen-mullarkey/?p=362#comment-162 I’m happy to know what you think of these things. They are being commented everywhere.

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