User:Detarame - Revision history

Detarame at 20:38, 18 February 2016

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	A note on signatures. I try to maintain the following differentiation:		A note on signatures. I try to maintain the following differentiation:

	~~Me:~~ [[User:Detarame\|absalom]] or [[User:Detarame]]		Conversation or non-canonical comments are usually signed [[User:Detarame\|absalom]] or [[User:Detarame]].

	<i>vox ex cathedra</i>: -gm		<i>vox ex cathedra</i> statements are usually signed "-gm"
	:If you're like me and (a) never took Latin and (b) searching Google for this turns up lots of really weird results until you have the bright idea to search for just the "ex cathedra" part (seriously, give it a try and wade a while in crazy right-wing nut-jobbiness), this means "Spoken with the Full Authority of Office" (lit. "the voice of[coming from] the church") -[[User:Slitherrr\|Slitherrr]]		:If you're like me and (a) never took Latin and (b) searching Google for this turns up lots of really weird results until you have the bright idea to search for just the "ex cathedra" part (seriously, give it a try and wade a while in crazy right-wing nut-jobbiness), this means "Spoken with the Full Authority of Office" (lit. "the voice of[coming from] the church") -[[User:Slitherrr\|Slitherrr]]
	:: I actually did take latin, although my competence is non-existent. I'm pretty sure i used the right declension (nominative) since its the subject of the verb. I want to say that the Romans dropped/implied subjects quite a bit, so ex cathedra literally translates to "from" (ex) "the seat of authority" (cathedra). The Cathedral takes its name from this, I think, because it was the office - both symbolic and working - of the bishop. (Kim can correct me if I'm wrong, I'm sure) Anyway, the term is intentionally taken from the idea of being a special invocation of canonical authority, but "ex cathedra" is an adjective and wanted to attach the signature to a subject (voice). I probably could also have gone with vocis cathera (voice of the office/voice owned by the office), but I intentionally wanted to throw to the infallibility concept because of (a) the medieval western european nature of the Alexandrian chruch and (b) because somebody has to have the final say. -gm		:: I actually did take latin, although my competence is non-existent. I'm pretty sure i used the right declension (nominative) since its the subject of the verb. I want to say that the Romans dropped/implied subjects quite a bit, so ex cathedra literally translates to "from" (ex) "the seat of authority" (cathedra). The Cathedral takes its name from this, I think, because it was the office - both symbolic and working - of the bishop. (Kim can correct me if I'm wrong, I'm sure) Anyway, the term is intentionally taken from the idea of being a special invocation of canonical authority, but "ex cathedra" is an adjective and wanted to attach the signature to a subject (voice). I probably could also have gone with vocis cathera (voice of the office/voice owned by the office), but I intentionally wanted to throw to the infallibility concept because of (a) the medieval western european nature of the Alexandrian chruch and (b) because somebody has to have the final say. -gm

Detarame at 20:38, 18 February 2016

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	Me: [[User:Detarame\|absalom]]		Me: [[User:Detarame\|absalom]] or [[User:Detarame]]

	<i>vox ex cathedra</i>: -gm		<i>vox ex cathedra</i>: -gm

Detarame at 20:37, 18 February 2016

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	{{AGM}} for the [[Silverwalkers]], [[Gnob's Folly]], the [[MeFighter Beta Team]], the [[Mattsters of the Mattiverse]], and [[Team Demihuman]].		{{AGM}} for the [[Silverwalkers]], [[Gnob's Folly]], the [[MeFighter Beta Team]], the [[Mattsters of the Mattiverse]], and [[Team Demihuman]].

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	<i>Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved.</i>		<i>Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved.</i>

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	"[http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0053941/ Dungeon Master]? gasp He's gone!"		"[http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0053941/ Dungeon Master]? gasp He's gone!"

Detarame at 21:49, 14 August 2015

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	"[http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0053941/ Dungeon Master]? gasp He's gone!"		"[http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0053941/ Dungeon Master]? gasp He's gone!"

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	A note on signatures. I try to maintain the following differentiation:		A note on signatures. I try to maintain the following differentiation:
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	:: I actually did take latin, although my competence is non-existent. I'm pretty sure i used the right declension (nominative) since its the subject of the verb. I want to say that the Romans dropped/implied subjects quite a bit, so ex cathedra literally translates to "from" (ex) "the seat of authority" (cathedra). The Cathedral takes its name from this, I think, because it was the office - both symbolic and working - of the bishop. (Kim can correct me if I'm wrong, I'm sure) Anyway, the term is intentionally taken from the idea of being a special invocation of canonical authority, but "ex cathedra" is an adjective and wanted to attach the signature to a subject (voice). I probably could also have gone with vocis cathera (voice of the office/voice owned by the office), but I intentionally wanted to throw to the infallibility concept because of (a) the medieval western european nature of the Alexandrian chruch and (b) because somebody has to have the final say. -gm		:: I actually did take latin, although my competence is non-existent. I'm pretty sure i used the right declension (nominative) since its the subject of the verb. I want to say that the Romans dropped/implied subjects quite a bit, so ex cathedra literally translates to "from" (ex) "the seat of authority" (cathedra). The Cathedral takes its name from this, I think, because it was the office - both symbolic and working - of the bishop. (Kim can correct me if I'm wrong, I'm sure) Anyway, the term is intentionally taken from the idea of being a special invocation of canonical authority, but "ex cathedra" is an adjective and wanted to attach the signature to a subject (voice). I probably could also have gone with vocis cathera (voice of the office/voice owned by the office), but I intentionally wanted to throw to the infallibility concept because of (a) the medieval western european nature of the Alexandrian chruch and (b) because somebody has to have the final say. -gm

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	==Questions from Other People==		==Questions from Other People==
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	**I'm not a coin collector, but I am a coin nerd. Sue me.		**I'm not a coin collector, but I am a coin nerd. Sue me.

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Detarame at 21:49, 14 August 2015

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	Keeper of the [[Book]].		Keeper of the [[Book]].

	{{AGM}} for [[~~The~~ Silverwalkers]], [[Gnob's Folly]], the [[MeFighter Beta Team]], the [[Mattsters of the Mattiverse]], and [[Team Demihuman]].		{{AGM}} for the [[Silverwalkers]], [[Gnob's Folly]], the [[MeFighter Beta Team]], the [[Mattsters of the Mattiverse]], and [[Team Demihuman]].

	<i>Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved.</i>		<i>Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved.</i>

Detarame at 21:48, 14 August 2015

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 *Review [[Coinage]] for correctness?
 **I'm not a coin collector, but I am a coin nerd. Sue me.
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Detarame at 21:48, 14 August 2015

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	<i>Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved.</i>		<i>Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved.</i>

			"[http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0053941/ Dungeon Master]? gasp He's gone!"

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	*Review [[Coinage]] for correctness?		*Review [[Coinage]] for correctness?
	**I'm not a coin collector, but I am a coin nerd. Sue me.		**I'm not a coin collector, but I am a coin nerd. Sue me.

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	~~"[http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0053941/ Dungeon Master]? gasp He's gone!"~~
	~~: Much shorter link: [[DM]]~~

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Detarame at 21:47, 14 August 2015

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	Keeper of the [[Book]].		Keeper of the [[Book]].

			{{AGM}} for [[The Silverwalkers]], [[Gnob's Folly]], the [[MeFighter Beta Team]], the [[Mattsters of the Mattiverse]], and [[Team Demihuman]].

	<i>Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved.</i>		<i>Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved.</i>

Detarame at 00:40, 12 November 2014

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	<i>vox ex cathedra</i>: -gm		<i>vox ex cathedra</i>: -gm
	:If you're like me and (a) never took Latin and (b) searching Google for this turns up lots of really weird results until you have the bright idea to search for just the "ex cathedra" part (seriously, give it a try and wade a while in crazy right-wing nut-jobbiness), this means "Spoken with the Full Authority of Office" (lit. "the voice of[coming from] the church") -[[User:Slitherrr\|Slitherrr]]		:If you're like me and (a) never took Latin and (b) searching Google for this turns up lots of really weird results until you have the bright idea to search for just the "ex cathedra" part (seriously, give it a try and wade a while in crazy right-wing nut-jobbiness), this means "Spoken with the Full Authority of Office" (lit. "the voice of[coming from] the church") -[[User:Slitherrr\|Slitherrr]]
			:: I actually did take latin, although my competence is non-existent. I'm pretty sure i used the right declension (nominative) since its the subject of the verb. I want to say that the Romans dropped/implied subjects quite a bit, so ex cathedra literally translates to "from" (ex) "the seat of authority" (cathedra). The Cathedral takes its name from this, I think, because it was the office - both symbolic and working - of the bishop. (Kim can correct me if I'm wrong, I'm sure) Anyway, the term is intentionally taken from the idea of being a special invocation of canonical authority, but "ex cathedra" is an adjective and wanted to attach the signature to a subject (voice). I probably could also have gone with vocis cathera (voice of the office/voice owned by the office), but I intentionally wanted to throw to the infallibility concept because of (a) the medieval western european nature of the Alexandrian chruch and (b) because somebody has to have the final say. -gm

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Questions from Other People

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	<i>vox ex cathedra</i>: -gm		<i>vox ex cathedra</i>: -gm
	:If you're like me and (a) never took Latin and (b) searching Google for this turns up lots of really weird results until you have the bright idea to search for just the "ex cathedra" part (seriously, give it a try and wade a while in crazy right-wing nut-jobbiness), this means "Spoken with the Full Authority of Office" (lit. "the voice of the church") -[[User:Slitherrr\|Slitherrr]]		:If you're like me and (a) never took Latin and (b) searching Google for this turns up lots of really weird results until you have the bright idea to search for just the "ex cathedra" part (seriously, give it a try and wade a while in crazy right-wing nut-jobbiness), this means "Spoken with the Full Authority of Office" (lit. "the voice of[coming from] the church") -[[User:Slitherrr\|Slitherrr]]

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