sic transit gloria mundi

Sic transit gloria mundi (Latin: Thus passes the glory of the world ) is a historical quote.

The quote refers to one reported by Patricius 1516 provision in the coronation ceremony of a new pope. It says that the Zeremoniar three times a covenant tow Kindle on a pipe character to a candle and cries at every time: " Father sancte, sic transit gloria mundi " when the new Pope enters St. Peter's Church to point out to him that even the Pope is transitory.

The quote is a variation of the word of Thomas a Kempis ( " O how quickly passes the glory of the world !"), Which probably dates back to the scripture 1 John 2:17 EU " O quam cito transit gloria mundi! ": "The world passing away, and desire, " Vulgate " Mundus transit et concupiscentia eius " (2.17 Vul ).

In selected language the quote is still used occasionally today, often in suggestive abbreviation " Sic transit " or variation, for example, " Sic transit gloria lupi " (Thus the fame of the wolf passes ) with Konrad Lorenz (So the man came to the dog, 1950).

Footnotes

• Latin phrase
• Winged word