Sedia gestatoria but many sources indicate the use of the sedia is of a much earlier date, probably being derived from rituals accompanying the leadership of the ancient Roman Empire. It was used in the solemn ceremonies of the coronation of a new pope until the enthronement ceremony was abandoned altogether. It also was used for solemn entries of the pope to St. Peter's or to public consistories. In the first case, three bundles of tow were burnt before the newly elected pontiff, who sits on the "sedia gestatoria", while a master of ceremonies says: ""Pater Sancte, sic transit gloria mundi"" (Holy
Religion in China classified as "Chinese popular religion", traditionally neither have a common name nor are considered "zōngjiào" ("doctrines"). The lack of an overarching name conceptualising Chinese local and indigenous cults has led to some confusion in the terminology employed in scholarly literature. In Chinese, with the terms usually translated in English as "folk religion" (i.e. 民間宗教 "mínjiān zōngjiào") or "folk faith" (i.e. 民間信仰 "mínjiān xìnyǎng") they generally refer to the folk religious movements of salvation, and not to the local and indigenous cults of gods and ancestors. To resolve this issue, some Chinese intellectuals have proposed to formally adopt "Chinese native religion"