However, I will point out that your "quote" was incomplete and I can find no evidence that it was acknowledged. I will not accuse you of dishonesty nor will I call in a small army of hangers-on to smear you.
"It must in justice be admitted, however, that the list of Roman bishops has by far the preeminence in age, completeness, integrity of succession, consistency of doctrine and policy, above every similar catalogue,..."
Given that the list "has by far the premenince in age..." at the time the book was written in no way is an indication that it is, or was, historically correct.
The current List of Popes, like all prior lists, is a matter of "constructed" history and cannot be construed as complete and accurate.
This "fluid" list has constantly been revised and is subject to change to this very day.
Corrections Made to Official List of Popes
New historical research has prompted almost 200 corrections to the existing biographies of the Popes, from St. Peter to John Paul II.
The discoveries are included in the opening pages of the new edition of the "Pontifical Yearbook 2001," the "who's who" of the Catholic Church published by the Vatican Press.
The 13 pages entailed are the most rigorous study to date on the history of the papacy, confirming the uninterrupted succession of the Bishops of Rome. Researchers, however, are uncertain of the exact dates of the first pontificates and, in one case, doubt the exact order. This is why the yearbook does not assign a succession number to each pontiff.
CORRECTIONS TO THE LIST OF POPES
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smvoice