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minus-squareedge [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·8 months agoOn one hand that sounds like hilarious cope, on the other hand it sounds exactly like the kind of arcane rules the Catholic Church would have.
minus-squareGarbageShoot [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·8 months agoex cathedra literally means “out [from] the chair” but it’s a figurative statement that just means “speaking as the holder of this position rather than as a private individual”
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·8 months agoThis phrase in Latin is still commonly used in Poland in exactly this meaning.
minus-squarethethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·8 months ago“official acts” by a president vs personal acts
minus-squareegg1918 [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·8 months agoWait so a cathedral is just a church with a big chair for like official church statements?
minus-squareGarbageShoot [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·8 months agoCathedrals are named for having such chairs, yes.
On one hand that sounds like hilarious cope, on the other hand it sounds exactly like the kind of arcane rules the Catholic Church would have.
ex cathedra literally means “out [from] the chair” but it’s a figurative statement that just means “speaking as the holder of this position rather than as a private individual”
This phrase in Latin is still commonly used in Poland in exactly this meaning.
“official acts” by a president vs personal acts
Wait so a cathedral is just a church with a big chair for like official church statements?
Cathedrals are named for having such chairs, yes.