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Not many a link, or proof, of God, more potent, and poisonous to every enemy of the man of faith, is there which can stand so powerfully among rations of time and dust, as the papal line of saint Peter.
When challenged, the Catholic need only point to this work of art, predating by centuries, the bible, modern Judaism's claims, Islam, and any contending organization of religious belief. The papacy can be dated by history, recorded on the rocks of time, researched with ease, and noted in controversial moralist purposes.
It's enemies must hold back reason, and history, and ignore its claim, for fear of the many scientific facts, of her miracles. A dog's version of science, must be adapted to call her miracles false, and that of an unborn evil, to ignore her history.
In 21 Ecumenical councils, she has never contradicted her past meanings, nor, in her thousands of years at the throne of man, has she ever altered her message, nor ceased to be noticed by ally and enemy alike, for her unique otherness.
The bible calls the church the pillar and foundation of truth. For this, she is to be the foundation, and start of all who seek truth, and the unbroken line, has yet to yield a false prophet. She holds the power to alter, or define what is, a pope, should God desire, can alter, and redefine truth itself, simply by pointing out reality, and breaking the illusions, which falsely claim themselves pillars.
(Marc Evan Aupiais,on the 19 day of the 3rd month of 2008)
Copyright 2008. Marc aupiais
Some links on papal succession.
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: List of Popes
| In chronological order. Links to a biographical essay on each. For popes up through Pope St. Pius X (d. 1914), entries are taken from the 1913 Catholic ... www.newadvent.org/cathen/12272b.htm |
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""There is not, and there never was on this earth, a work of human policy so well deserving of examination of the Roman Catholic Church.The history of that Church joins together the two great ages of human civilization. No other institution is left standing which carries the mind back to the times when the smoke of sacrifice rose from the Pantheon, and when camelopards and tigers bounded in the Flavian amphitheatre.
The proudest royal houses are but of yesterday when compared with the line of the Supreme Pontiffs. That line we trace back in an unbroken series, from the Pope who crowned Napoleon in the nineteenth century to the Pope who crowned Pepin in the eighth; and far beyond the time of Pepin the august dynasty extends, till it is lost in the twilight of fable. The republic of Venice came next in antiquity; but the republic of Venice was modern when compared to the Papacy; and the republic of Venice is gone, and the Papacy remains. The Papacy remains, not in decay, not a mere antique, but full of life and youthful vigour. The Catholic Church is still sending for the to the farthest ends of the world missionaries as zealous as those who landed in Kent with Augustine, and still confronting hostile kings with the same spirit with which she confronted Attila.."
(The Anglican Lord Macauley, Edinburgh Review,1840) "
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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Pope
| The bishop of Rome, successor of St. Peter, chief of the whole Church, and the Vicar of Christ on earth. www.newadvent.org/cathen/12260a.htm |
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Election of the Popes
| The pope becomes chief pastor because he is the Bishop of Rome; he does not become Bishop of Rome because he has been chosen to be head of the universal ... www.newadvent.org/cathen/12270a.htm |
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Chronological Lists of Popes
| The historical lists of popes, from those drawn up in the second century to those of the present day, form in themselves a considerable body of literature . www.newadvent.org/cathen/12272a.htm |
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Clement III
| Seated in the Lateran, Pope Clement turned his attention to the gigantic task of massing the forces of Christendom against the Saracens. ... www.newadvent.org/cathen/04018a.htm |
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Antipope
| Dedicated to Pope John Paul II. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume I. Published 1907. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Nihil Obstat, March 1, 1907. ... www.newadvent.org/cathen/01582a.htm |
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Paul V
| On 17 April, 1600, the pope pronounced sentence of excommunication against the doge, Senate, and Government collectively. He allowed a very short space for ... www.newadvent.org/cathen/11581b.htm |
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Benedict III
| One of his coins proves there was no Pope Joan between Leo IV and himself [Garampi, "De nummo argenteo Bened. III" (Rome, 1749)]. ... www.newadvent.org/cathen/02427e.htm |
CATHOLIC LIBRARY: Ecclesia de Eucharistia (2003)
| Encyclical Letter "Ecclesia de Eucharistia" of His Holiness Pope John Paul II to the Bishops, Priests and Deacons, Men and Women in the Consecrated Life, ... www.newadvent.org/library/docs_jp02ee.htm |
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Adrian I
| The controversy elicited a strong refutation of the so-called Libri Carolini from Pope Adrian and occasioned no diminution of friendship between him and ... www.newadvent.org/cathen/01155b.htm |
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Antipope John XXIII
| He played an important part in the Council of Pisa (1409), and, when the two popes, Gregory XII of Rome and Benedict XIII of Avignon, were deposed, ... www.newadvent.org/cathen/08434a.htm |
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Saint John Lateran
| From that time onwards it was always the centre of Christian life within the city; the residence of the popes and the cathedral of Rome. ... www.newadvent.org/cathen/09014b.htm |
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Benedict VIII
| The first of the Tusculan popes. Date of birth unknown; d. 9 April, 1024. www.newadvent.org/cathen/02428e.htm |
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Prophecy
| A great number have reference to popes and to the papacy; and finally we have many such prophecies relating to the end of the world and the approach of the ... www.newadvent.org/cathen/12473a.htm |
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Caius and Soter
| Popes, having their feast together on 22 April. ... Caius was pope for twelve years, four months, and seven days, from 17 December, 283, to 22 April, 296, ... www.newadvent.org/cathen/03144c.htm |
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Benedict II
| A Roman, he was pope for a little less than eleven months, and died in 685. Account of his pontificate. www.newadvent.org/cathen/02427d.htm |
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Benedict IV
| A Roman and the son of Mammalus, became pope in the first half of 900. www.newadvent.org/cathen/02428a.htm |
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Benedict I
| A Roman and the son of Boniface, and was called Bonosus by the Greeks. www.newadvent.org/cathen/02427c.htm |
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Reordinations
| On several occasions the ordinations conferred by Pope Formosus were declared ... In the history of reordinations the authority of the popes is much less ... www.newadvent.org/cathen/12774b.htm |
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Papal Consistory
| (1) The secret consistory is so called because no one save the pope and the ... In the secret consistory the pope asks the opinions of the cardinals, ... www.newadvent.org/cathen/04285a.htm |