To: Arthur McGowan; metmom
First of all you would have to identify the "first eight or so Popes". Do a little history on the title of pope given and you will not find a single "pope" at the head of the "Catholic Church" until the 6th century. From the 3rd to the 6th century is was used refer to all bishops. ["Pope", Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, Oxford University Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0-19-280290-3].
It's nothing but Catholic fiction to state that there is a line of single popes leading back to Peter.
164 posted on
01/20/2015 2:59:43 PM PST by
CynicalBear
(For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
To: CynicalBear; Arthur McGowan; metmom
First of all you would have to identify the "first eight or so Popes". Do a little history on the title of pope given and you will not find a single "pope" at the head of the "Catholic Church" until the 6th century. From the 3rd to the 6th century is was used refer to all bishops. ["Pope", Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, Oxford University Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0-19-280290-3]. It's nothing but Catholic fiction to state that there is a line of single popes leading back to Peter.
PLUS, there was no single bishop in Rome in charge of the local churches...And Peter wasn't even a bishop...Peter like the others was an evangelist...
185 posted on
01/21/2015 2:59:39 AM PST by
Iscool
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