"Servant of the servants of God" (Latin: servus servorum Dei) is one of the titles of the Pope and is used at the beginning of papal bulls.
History
Pope Gregory I (pope from 590 to 604), the first Pope to use this title extensively to refer to himself, deployed it as a lesson in humility for the archbishop of Constantinople John the Faster (in office 582–595), who had been granted the traditional title "Ecumenical Patriarch" by a Council convened in Constantinople in 587. Gregory reportedly reacted negatively to the Patriarch's title, claiming that "whoever calls himself universal bishop [the imprecise Latin translation of "Ecumenical Patriarch"],[citation needed] or desires this title, is, by his pride, the precursor to the Antichrist."
Bibliography
- Camillo Ruini (2007). Alla sequela di Cristo : Giovanni Paolo II, il servo dei servi di Dio [Imitating Christ: John Paul II, the servant of the servant of God] (in Italian). Siena: Cantagalli. p. 103. ISBN 9788882722982. OCLC 238896950.
- George Weigel (September 14, 2010). The end and the beginning : Pope John Paul II : the victory of freedom, the last years, the legacy. New York: Crown Publishing Group- Doubleday. p. 556. ISBN 9780307715869. OCLC 688480029.
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