| It took their priesthood, their pontifex, their pontiff, and gave it a whole new meaning, a whole new level. |
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| Truly it points to Jesus as pontifex, mediator, broker, and priest uniting both God and the disciples. |
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| Originally they were selected from patrician families by the pontifex maximus, but later plebians were eligible for election. |
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| Upon his return to Rome, he was both elected tribunus militium and given the title of pontifex. |
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| The Roman army hailed Alexander as emperor on March 13, 222, immediately instilling him with the titles of Augustus, pater patriae, and pontifex maximus. |
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| The emperor, Pontifex Maximus, sits on top of the Pantheon, and adjudicates the differences among the doctrines. |
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| Occasionally it was good custom to plunder the palace of the freshly deceased Pontifex Maximus. |
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| Now, recall that the way that the Romans set up their control, they set up this system of Pontifex Maximus, in which the emperor was the head of the religion. |
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| In 63 BC, he ran for election to the post of Pontifex Maximus, chief priest of the Roman state religion. |
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| The College of Pontifices was uppermost body in this hierarchy, and its chief priest, the Pontifex Maximus, was the head of the state religion. |
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| The Roman style of history was based on the way that the Annals of the Pontifex Maximus, or the Annales Maximi, were recorded. |
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| The Annales Maximi were a running set of annals kept by the Pontifex Maximus. |
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| Julius Caesar became Pontifex Maximus before he was elected consul. |
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| In Rome, the office of Pontifex Maximus came to be reserved for the Emperor, who was often declared a god posthumously, or sometimes during his reign. |
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| Together, the Dum Diversas, the Romanus Pontifex and the Inter Caetera have been interpreted as serving as a justification for the Age of Imperialism. |
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| The priesthoods of the state religion were filled from the same social pool of men who held public office, and in the Imperial era, the Pontifex Maximus was the emperor. |
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