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To: FourtySeven; Dr. Eckleburg; Quix; Manfred the Wonder Dawg; madd dawg
[ I don't find it unreasonable to accept the teaching of the Church, since the Church at no time was the Roman Empire (thus, was never responsible for the destruction of the original documents of the Gospels and Epistles, etc) ]

You are of course WRONG...
Pontifex Maximus(Pope) means WHAT?..

561 posted on 05/05/2008 10:50:57 AM PDT by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
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To: hosepipe
You are of course WRONG...

What am I wrong about?

Pontifex Maximus(Pope) means WHAT?..

First of all, we have two terms here. "Pope" is from the Italian (I believe) for "Papa", i.e., father. Pontifex Maximus means "supreme bridge maker (or builder)".

636 posted on 05/05/2008 12:48:02 PM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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