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To: nickcarraway

Wrong.

Pope St. Pontian, in 235, one of the first bishops of Rome, who was arrested and sent to the salt mines, and in order for a successor to be able to be elected in Rome, he resigned his office.

Pope Benedict IX, in the 1040s, resigned and attempted to re-acquire the papacy several times.

Pope Celestine V resigned after a shor time in the See, and Gregory XIII resigned as well.


42 posted on 02/11/2013 7:00:51 PM PST by narses
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To: narses

You are claiming no popes were ever imprisoned or martyred, and they were cowards? You are ignorant and should stop spreading anti-Catholic lies.


51 posted on 02/11/2013 7:09:08 PM PST by nickcarraway
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