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   spralph

   st. Peter  the appostle of Jesus Christ was the first pope

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   Posted by spralph on Tuesday November 10, 2009 at 3:44 AM
   
   

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   There is no good answer to this question. If you ask some people, they will tell you that the first pope was Peter, but Peter never stated this. It seems that the concept of the pope only gradually emerged. At first Christianity had many sees. This means that there were certain cities that had prominent bishops. For example, there was a see in Jerusalem, Antioch and Rome. Eventually the see in Rome became more and more dominant, even though all the see started out as equals. When this continued to happen, Rome became the center, in a sense, of  the Christian church, at least from a western perspective. In the light of this, perhaps Leo in the fifth century was the first pope? Again, there are no great answers.

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   Posted by readerofbooks on Friday November 13, 2009 at 9:27 PM