incathedration

plural incathedrations

1. the act of incathedrating

   One of the rituals, the “incathedration,” required the Pope to sit down on it three times, probably in memory of the three main chairs connected with Peter’s name: Antioch, Alexandria, and Rome

   2024 October 28, Karlfried Froehlich, Biblical Interpretation from the Church Fathers to the Reformation, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN

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   In Benedict IX’s Bull of November 1037, a distinction is drawn between the practice of “enthronement” and “ incathedration”, implicitly attesting to the use of the “Cathedra” by the Roman Pontiffs.

   2024 October 25, “Vatican Basilica, the Cathedra of Saint Peter on display to the faithful”, in press.vatican.va

   Orpheus rivaled Hermes as a prolific writer. Among his writings was one dealing particularly with various mystic rites. One was called The Enthronings of the Great Mother, which seems to refer to a rite known as Incathedration. During this ceremony the adepts enthroned the candidate and circled round him/ her in a ceremonial dance symbolic of the influence of the oversoul toward the spiritual progression of the neophyte.

   1992, Earlyne Chaney, Lost Secrets of the Mystery Schools: The Coming of the Gods Initiation and Rebirth, Astara, →ISBN, page 128