It is a common assumption that the title of supreme priesthood or pontifex maximus is included in the official papal titulature, and it has been supposed that the Roman bishop adopted it from the Roman emperor in late antiquity. In fact, however, it was probably not until the fifteenth century that the designation was first used by the papacy, and it has continued to be part of papal representation ever since. The title was deeply rooted in the Roman imperial past. At several stages in papal history the papal agency felt the need to draw back (again) on this ancient, traditional title and managed to successfully (re-)introduce the title by anchoring it in the cultural biography of the papacy.

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锚定宗座权威：重新考虑教皇对马克西姆斯教皇头衔的使用

普遍的假设是，最高祭司或 pontifex maximus 的头衔包含在官方教皇的头衔中，并且据推测，罗马主教是在古代晚期从罗马皇帝那里采用的。然而，事实上，这个名称可能直到 15 世纪才被教皇首次使用，并且从那时起它一直是教皇代表的一部分。这个称号深深植根于罗马帝国的过去。在教皇历史的几个阶段，教皇机构感到有必要（再次）撤回这个古老的传统头衔，并成功地（重新）引入该头衔，将其锚定在教皇的文化传记中。