▁title ▁like wise ▁is ▁not ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁official ▁list ▁of ▁his ▁titles , ▁but ▁is ▁used ▁in ▁official ▁documents ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁head ings ▁of ▁en cyc lic als ▁and ▁similar ▁documents , ▁while ▁the ▁title ▁" P ont if ex ▁Maxim us " ▁appears ▁in ▁ins cri ptions ▁on ▁buildings ▁and ▁on ▁co ins ▁and ▁med all ions . ▁ ▁Pont if ex ▁ ▁The ▁word ▁pont if ex , ▁Latin ▁for ▁" pont iff ", ▁was ▁used ▁in ▁ancient ▁Rome ▁to ▁design ate ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁College ▁of ▁Pont iffs . ▁In ▁the ▁V ul gate ▁translation ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁Testament , ▁it ▁is ▁sometimes ▁used ▁to ▁design ate ▁the ▁Jewish ▁high ▁priest , ▁as ▁in ▁ ▁and ▁. ▁From ▁perhaps ▁as ▁early ▁as ▁the ▁ 3 rd ▁century , ▁it ▁has ▁been ▁used ▁to ▁denote ▁a ▁bishop , ▁not ▁exclus ively ▁the ▁bishop ▁of ▁Rome . ▁The ▁name ▁given ▁to ▁the ▁book ▁containing ▁the ▁lit urg ical ▁r ites ▁to ▁be ▁performed ▁by ▁any ▁bishop , ▁The ▁Roman ▁Pont ific al , ▁and ▁to ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁lit ur gy ▁known ▁as ▁Pont ific al ▁High ▁Mass ▁witness ▁to ▁the ▁continued ▁use ▁of ▁pont if ex ▁in ▁this ▁wide ▁sense . ▁ ▁In ▁Emperor ▁The odos ius ' s ▁ed ict ▁De ▁f ide ▁c athol ica ▁of ▁ 2 7 ▁February ▁ 3 8 0 , ▁en act ed ▁in ▁Th ess al onica ▁and ▁published ▁in ▁Constantin ople ▁for ▁the ▁whole ▁emp ire , ▁by ▁which