[Havoc]

I have a question. Do you believe the letter "De Unitate" St. Cyprian sent to Rome was a rewrite by the author or a Roman forgery? Also if Papal Primacy was clamed by the popes at the time, then on what authority did the anti-pope Novitian (who was contemporary with Cyprian) believe he could appoint new Bishops all over the Empire against the true pope St. Cornelius? Anti-pope or not, he clamed the authority of pope in a time you believe no such authority was clamed.

Two things. One, you seem to be saying that none would claim authority that was not there. Two, where are your histories of the Popes coming from. You guys quote that stuff as if it comes from authority; but, much if it comes from the Liber and other questionable sources. Much of what made it into the Liber is fiction with regard to your "early popes." What isn't Fraud is legend which means fiction any way you cut it. Where is the authority? I mean without it, you're just making noise and doing nothing else. Where is the authority.

[SoothingDave]

What isn't Fraud is legend which means fiction any way you cut it.

Legend doesn't necessarily mean "fiction."

SD