Category: Lives of the Popes
Thomas V. Mirus surveys the history of the Church through the lives of the popes.
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The First Antipope
The first four of the six popes covered in this installment found themselves in conflict with a priest named Hippolytus, the most brilliant intellectual of the Roman Church at the time. Hippolytus would become the first antipope in the history of the Church, plaguing three successive papacies with his schism. Yet his story has a happy and even poetic ending.
The Ten Popes of the Second Century
Little is known about many of the popes of the second century. Several of them were martyrs. They had to deal with different heresies that made their way to Rome, and there was also a controversy over the correct date of Easter.
Popes of the Apostolic Era
The first three popes after St. Peter likely knew the Prince of the Apostles personally and may even have been hand-selected by him. We know little of Linus and Cletus, but the first writing we possess by a pope after St. Peter himself is a precious letter by Pope Clement I to the Church of Corinth.
The Lives of the Popes, Part One of Infinity
Introduction to a series of articles covering the lives of the popes.
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