St. Leo I (440-461) - He is one of three popes known to have the title "The Great" attached to his name. Leo bolstered the power of the papacy by issuing the Petrine theory. St. Leo III (795-816) - He crowned Charlemagne on Christmas Day in 800, an event that marked the beg...
Constantinebecame pope in March 708, less than two months later. He was one of the many Greek popes of the Byzantine Papacy, the period during which Rome was under the rule of the Byzantine Empire and popes required the approval of the emperor for consecration as pope. What is the first ...
The Lord says to Peter: “I say to you,” he says, “that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell will not overcome it. And to you I will give the keys of the kingdom of heaven” (Matt. 16:18–19). On him [Peter] he builds the...
And if I can say something in my defense: it wasn’t exactly conscious. I didn’t think to myself, “I am not going to be a Christian because Christians are rubes and I want to plant myself firmly in the meritocratic master class.” Socialization operates in more subtle, but more pow...
Or in other words, even if their lords are forsworn, they’re not. And they swore to protect the papacy. And if the pope falls without another pope installed, any other pope will be suspect. Also, again, they swore, and they’re fighting for the Lord. ...
Whether or not it'll last, well, that remains to be seen. The papacy is clearly a more demanding job than being a cardinal, and it comes with the additional stress of stricter security standards. The Catholic Church has hinted that even Pope Francis agrees -- under such circumstances, an...
Avignon dates back to at least the 6th century BC under Greek domination. Naples and France each had their own piece of early history here. By the 1300’s, it became the residence of the Popes– seven in all would make Avignon their home before the Papacy returned to Rome as the permane...
To be sure, this is a difficult question. For Catholics, the kingly ministry of Christ’s Church is hard to separate, historically, from the political power of the papacy in Europe until very recently—exemplified, perhaps, by that triple-tiara of the popes that was abandoned, controversially...
More maintained his stance of refusing to take the oath regarding the King's supremacy, remaining loyal to the Papacy, and More was convicted of treason before being executed, the executioner reputedly begging for and receiving More's forgiveness before undertaking the act....
If a parent and child are using the suffixes “Sr.” and “Jr.”, but the parent dies, then they are referred to merely as “(Name) I” / “(Name), the first” and “(Name) II” / “(Name), the second”. Should Barnabas Ludwig Johnson Sr. tragically die, his son would now...