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Why Is The Pope’s Mitre Shaped Like A Fish?

What is the origin of the Pope’s hat? Dagon, the fish-god of the Philistines and Babylonians, wore a fish hat that is still seen today with Roman Catholic Church’s pope and bishops. According to Ruben Joseph’s book entitled, Why Are The Young People Leaving The Church, “The miter is derived directly from the miters of the ancient pagan fish-god dagon…