Paul VI
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- proper noun
- During his papacy, Paul VI emphasized the importance of interfaith dialogue and understanding.
- Pope Paul VI
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Pope Paul VI not only ended the vigilance of his predecessors against Modernism but also actually welcomed it into the Church in the form of the nouvelle théologie.
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Pope Paul VI was known for his efforts to reform the Catholic Church during the Second Vatican Council.
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All of this being said, when Pope Paul VI gave the Church his Credo of the People of God, I was ready and eager to receive it.
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"Dialogue should be as universal as we can make it," wrote Paul VI, adding that people, whether religious or not, are enabled by their secular education to think, speak, and conduct a dialogue with dignity.
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Pope Paul VI promulgated The Credo of the People of God on 30 June 1968, less than one month before releasing his prophetic encyclical Humanae Vitae.
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In 1964, Pope Paul VI became the first pope to visit the Holy Land in modern times.
Synonyms
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Leader of the Roman Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978
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The birth name of Pope Paul VI, an Italian who led the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978
Surface Forms
Morphology
Paul + VI
The string 'Paul VI' is compositional: a personal name plus a Roman numeral meaning 'six', so a learner who knows 'Paul' and 'VI' can interpret it as 'Paul the Sixth' and understand it denotes a numbered title. This convention (name + ordinal) is common cross-linguistically and therefore predictable to B1 learners, even if the specific role (that he was pope) requires extra context.
Etymology
Paul VI chose the name Paul when he became pope, and the VI shows he was the sixth pope with that name. He chose Paul to honour St Paul, a famous traveller who spread the Christian message, so the name fits his goal of building 'bridges' between different religions.