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To: boatbums

Yes, the part about him lifting, or coaxing the fellow up onto his feet, "stand"(?) "I am just a man such as you are".

Brethren, even to those he ministered to.

Without being able to recall the name, and exact time period for it, I can think of one of the so-called successors who didn't care for the gilded trappings. That one had been elected because most all the rest of the potential candidates were too rotten, and most everyone knew it.

Enough of those who were a little rotten, themselves, were able to admit among themselves their predicament -- had to-- in part because every possible candidate's name that would be mentioned as potential successor to a dead pope had their names greeted with more opposition than support ---due to how morally flawed, if not outright ghastly they most all were.

So-- one, or a few of the cardinals mentioned the name of a known ascetic, a monkish sort, who was plain, and spent his time studying and praying (I guess).

That one didn't last long (I forget the details) and was succeeded by one of the more successful of the power-politics players, an immoral man, but one who knew how to throw his weight around -- a Borgia, I think.

684 posted on 01/14/2017 11:53:24 PM PST by BlueDragon (on a 10 dollar horse and a 40 dollar saddle I'm goin' up the trail with them longhorn cattle)
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Without being able to recall the name, and exact time period for it, I can think of one of the so-called successors who didn't care for the gilded trappings.


The Young Pope?

697 posted on 01/15/2017 4:01:18 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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