Difference between Pontiff and Pope

PONTIFF vs POPE: NOUN

The head of the Roman Catholic Church
The chief priest.
One of the sacred college, in ancient Rome, which had the supreme jurisdiction over all matters of religion, at the head of which was the Pontifex Maximus.
Eccles., a bishop; especially, the Bishop of Rome, as the head of the church; the Pope. Also called the supreme pontiff.
A Jewish high priest.
In Roman antiquity, a chief priest: same as pontifex, 1.
A pontifex.
A bishop.
The pope.

The bullfinch.
The blacktail, a fish: same as ruff.
A person considered to have unquestioned authority.
The male head of some non-Christian religions.
The Coptic patriarch of Alexandria.
The patriarch of Alexandria.
The bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church.
English poet and satirist (1688-1744)
The head of the Roman Catholic Church
Any of various birds having reddish plumage on the breast, especially the bullfinch.
A small Eurasian freshwater fish, Gymnocephalus cernua.
The Bishop or Patriarch of Alexandria.
The head of any religion.
An Eastern Orthodox priest.
To adhere more stringently to Roman Catholic practices and doctrine than is required by church doctrine; -- usually used in a negative sense to mean, to be excessively pious.
The rump, or uropygium, of a bird. See Uropygium.
The gland surrounded with fat in the middle of the thigh of an ox or sheep.
The red-backed shrike, Lanius collurio.
A fish; the ruff.
A parish priest, or a chaplain, of the Greek Church.
The bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church. See Note under Cardinal.
Any ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop.
The head of any church or ecclesiastical system.
A priest in the Greek or Russian Church.
The Bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church and hierarchy.
The painted finch, or nonpareil. See cut under Passcrina.
The puffin, Fratercula arctica. Montagu.
A game at cards played on a round board with compartments.

Pontifical, Nuncio, Pontificate, Holy see, Archbishop, Prelate, Papacy, Ink, Papa, Baba, Rabbi, Papal, Vicar of christ, Holy father, Pope

Infallible, Honorius, Antichrist, Deacon, Panchen, King, Paschal, Pelagius, Encyclical, Pontifical, Priest, Papal, Vicar of christ, Holy father, Pontiff

Pontifical, Nuncio, Pontificate, Holy see, Archbishop, Prelate, Papacy, Ink, Papa, Baba, Rabbi, Papal, Vicar of christ, Holy father, Pope

Father, Santo, Infallible, Honorius, Deacon, King, Paschal, Pelagius, Encyclical, Pontifical, Priest, Papal, Vicar of christ, Holy father, Pontiff

How did the title pontiff claimed by your pope?
Roman Catholic pontiff, born Karol Jozef Wojtyla in Poland.
Vatican City State tag reserved for the pontiff.
Francis is the third pontiff to visit Cuba.
She also had ordered posters of the Pontiff.
Pontiff consented to lend him for a time.
The Pope, who is also called the Sovereign Pontiff, or the Roman Pontiff, is the Successor of St.
Roman Pontiff, although they enjoy the ordinary power of jurisdiction obtained directly from the same Highest Pontiff.
Christ of his office as pontiff cannot be in error, or even misguided by the pontiff.
The Pope is now called Pontiff, or sovereign Pontiff.

COMMENTARY: Elements of the mainstream media have concocted a fake fight between Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict.
Pope Benedict made history by being the first Pope in over a thousand years to resign from office.
Did Pope, would Pope, ever admit that any one had too much wit for hign?
Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict XVI have both said they will be vaccinated.
Adventist call the pope Holiness, this sounds like a Catholic adressing his pope.
Pope in history, this Pope was known to ordinary Catholics everywhere.
The cardinals selected Pope Francis to succeed Pope Benedict XVI.
John Paul II, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, and Pope Francis.
Pope of Raleigh; and their daughters, Evelyn Bennett Pope and Ruth Permelia Pope.
Four popes have acknowledged the movement: Pope Paul VI, Pope John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Pope Francis.