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To: Conservative til I die; drstevej
I think there was a layman chosen Pope in the first 1000 years of Church history. I don't remember which one it was but I read he was chosen when the electors spontaneously started calling his name in a unanimous decision. He was then ordained on the spot.
31 posted on 03/29/2003 7:13:37 PM PST by Canticle_of_Deborah
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To: Canticle_of_Deborah
Habemos Papa!

Braveheart I

32 posted on 03/29/2003 7:26:57 PM PST by drstevej
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