Errata.Christopher M. Bellitto's article contains three errors: (1) Transubstantiation transubstantiation: see Eucharist. transubstantiation In Christianity, the change by which the bread and wine of the Eucharist become in substance the body and blood of Jesus, though their appearance is not altered. is a way of formulating a doctrine rather than a doctrine. The doctrine is the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. (2) Lay investiture investiture, in feudalism, ceremony by which an overlord transferred a fief to a vassal or by which, in ecclesiastical law, an elected cleric received the pastoral ring and staff (the symbols of spiritual office) signifying the transfer of the office. , the conferring of ring and crozier on bishops and abbots by a lay ruler, is not the same as lay participation in the selection of bishops. Lay participation in the selection of bishops persisted through the nineteenth century. John Paul II John Paul II, 1920–2005, pope (1978–2005), a Pole (b. Wadowice) named Karol Józef Wojtyła; successor of John Paul I. He was the first non-Italian pope elected since the Dutch Adrian VI (1522–23) and the first Polish and Slavic pope. was not the most medieval pope in history, but one of the least in that he appointed all bishops. (3) There is no evidence that Jesus spoke Latin to Pontius Pilate. Greek was the lingua franca for communication between the Roman authorities and the local residents, and Greek is most probably the medium of any exchanges that took place between them. Luke Timothy Johnson Luke Timothy Johnson (born November 20, 1943) is the R. W. Woodruff Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at Candler School of Theology and a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. has one historical slip in "The Good Word" ("You Say Potato, I Say ..." August 11). William Tyndale was not "hounded and finally put to death by Henry VIII." He was arrested, imprisoned, and subsequently executed in Vilvorde, a town near Brussels, in 1536. He had been living there in territory ruled by the Emperor Charles V and was executed by imperial decree. It is true that Henry VIII did nothing to save him, but by then the king had already broken with the pope and procured a divorce from Charles's aunt, Catherine of Aragon Catherine of Aragon (born Dec. 16, 1485, Alcalá de Henares, Spain—died Jan. 7, 1536, Kimbolton, Huntingdon, Eng.) First wife of Henry VIII. The daughter of Ferdinand II and Isabella I, she married Henry in 1509. . JOSEPH F. GANNON Somers, N.Y. |
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