gham's translation of
_Geiseler, Lehrbuch_, ii. 21, 22; and in La Bayle's _Dictionnaire_,
iii., art. "Papisse."

[Asterism] Gibbon says, "Two Protestants, Blondel and Bayle, have
annihilated the female pope;" but the expression is certainly too
strong, and even Mosheim is more than half inclined to believe there
really was such a person.

=Pope of Philosophy=, Aristotle (B.C. 384-322).

=Popes= (_Titles assumed by_). "Universal Bishop," prior to Gregory the
Great. Gregory the Great adopted the style of "Servus Servorum" (591).

Martin IV. was addressed as "the lamb of God which takest away the sins
of the world," to which was added, "Grant us thy peace!" (1281).

Leo X. was styled, by the council of Lateran, "Divine Majesty," "Husband
of the Church," "Prince of the Apostles," "The Key of all the Universe,"
"The Pastor, the Physician, and a God possessed of all power both in
heaven and on earth" (1513).

Paul V. styled himself "Monarch of Christendom," "Supporter of the Papal
Omnipotence," "Vice-God," "Lord God the Pope" (1605).

Others, after Paul, "Master of the World," "Pope the Universal Father,"
"Judge in the place of God," "Vicegerent of the Most High."--Brady,
_Clavis Calendaria_, 247 (1839).

The pope assumes supreme dominion, not only over spiritual but also
over temporal affairs, styling himself "Head of the Catholic or
Universal Church, Sole Arbiter of its rights, and Sovereign Father
of all the Kings of the Earth." From these titles, he wears a
triple crown, one as High Priest, one as emperor, and the third as
king. He also bears keys, to denote his privilege of opening the
gates of heaven to all true believers.--Brady, 250-1.

[Asterism] For the first five centuries the bishops of Rome wore a
bonnet, like other ecclesiastics. Pope Hormisdas placed on his bonnet
the crown sent him by Clovis; Boniface VIII. added a second crown during
his struggles with Philip the Fair; and John XXII. assumed the third
crown.

=Popish Plot=, a supposed Roman Catholic conspiracy to massacre the
Protestants, burn London, and murder the king (Charles II.). This
fiction was concocted by one Titus Oates, who made a "good thing" by his
schemes; but being at last found out, was pilloried, whipped, and
imprisoned (1678-9).

=Poppy= (_Ned_), a prosy old anecdote teller, with a marvellous tendency
to digression.

=Poquelin= (_Jean-ah_), a wealthy Creole living in seclusion in a