{"id":6069,"date":"2025-07-20T23:32:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T21:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6069"},"modified":"2025-08-03T21:01:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T19:01:41","slug":"the-successor-of-peter-in-the-garden-of-gethsemane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6069","title":{"rendered":"THE SUCCESSOR OF PETER IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE (C6)"},"content":{"rendered":"

We accept loyally, with an enlightened faith, the guidance and teachings of the successors of Peter and the Apostles<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

(Constitution 6)<\/h3>\n

Bishop Eugene\u2019s publication for the people of his diocese of Pope Pius IX\u2019s letter to the universal Church asking for help for the famine in Ireland, concluded with a call to support the Pope in his suffering for the Church.<\/p>\n

Popes, until Pope Paul VI abolished it, were crowned with a tiara. This crown had its origin in the dual role of the Pope as the spiritual head of the Church and as, still in Eugene\u2019s lifetime, the temporal ruler (king) of the Papal States. His temporal rule was finally eliminated in 1870 but the tiara remained in use until 1963.<\/h3>\n

His head wears the crown of thorns of the divine Savior under the tiara of the Pontiff-King.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

A firm supporter of the divinely-instituted mission of the successor of Peter, Eugene believed that the Pope had a special understanding of the destiny of the Church, despite its sufferings.<\/h3>\n

So, like Jesus Christ from the cross, his Vicar from the throne of the Prince of the Apostles cries out to the world. His spirit, illuminated by a supernatural light that penetrates the depths of what is happening today, has an insight into the dark plots of evil. He tells us that he is constantly preoccupied with them, and that he is alarmed by them. He is like the Saviour in the Garden of Olives, when his struggles, his sufferings and the unfaithfulness of humankind presented themselves to his mind, and he was seized with fear and affliction, \u201cdistressed and agitated\u201d <\/strong><\/em>(ed. Mark 14:33)<\/h3>\n

Bishop Eugene\u2019s Circular Letter to the people of Marseilles, 12 June 1847, EO III Circular n 3<\/em><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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