Did the Roman Catholic Pope take over from the Roman Empire?

Answer 1

Within the last years of the Roman Empire, there was a Bishop of the Christians in Rome, his title was the Pope. Peter was not actually Pope, but the first Christian leader, the title was not yet used. The Popes now are successors to the early Popes, as are the Orthodox Patriarchs in Constantinople, since the Emperor Constantine moved the Capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantium, called therefore Constantinople (or New Rome).

Answer to previous questions: Constantine was not a Pope either, he was just an emperor who made Christianity legal. He himself did not become a Christian until his death.
The holy Roman Empire is a German Empire, trying to acquire the glory of Rome after its decline, when the capital had moved to Constantinople. The German emperor conquered Rome for the prestige, and in fact had a major conflict with the papacy (look up Investiture in Wikipedia) which ended in the 12th century. The Pope and the emperor always had different roles.
And the Holy See is not a nation, it is a state (the Vatican).

So after all that, the answer to your question is No, but he is the successor of an institution dating back to the roman years.

Answer 2

The Roman Empire's persecution of Christians and the eventual conversion to Christianity, took place over many centuries and the Empire shifted between the various extremes several times.

The Persecution was begun under the emperor Nero, and continued for decades, then abated under Trajan, and flared up again under Marcus Aurelius. Sepitimus Severus, allowed Christan's to exist within existing laws. Another emperor, Marcus Antonius kept a statue of Jesus in his study. Phillip the Arab, was supposed to have been a "closet" Christian, Diocelitin began persecutions anew, and FINALLY the EMPEROR CONSTANTINE converted to Christianity, at which time majority of the Empire was Christian anyway.

After, the Roman Empires collapse, the bishop of Rome, became the most important person, in what had once been the Roman Empire.

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

No, Odoacre did that as king of Italy, when they deposed the last emperor of Rome. Roman empire had military and political authority, the Pope's authority is only religious

Answer 4

The travels of the Apostle, Peter, are known to history. He NEVER went to Rome. The first leader of, what became, the catholic, or "universal" church was Simon Magus. He is mentioned in Acts the 8th chapter. The government of the catholic church is "the image of the beast" referred to in Revelation 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, and 20. The government of Rome of Rome was copied as the college of cardinals, bishops, etc., etc..

Answer 5

Essentially the Pope was more powerful then the emperor at one time but never was officially the leader of the empire.

Answer 6

the Vatican is the elite of the Roman empire continued
they were all free masons and some illuminati .
today this power is called the society of Rome and they rank second to the Bilderberg group and the Round table ,as far as global control is concerned.
so the answer to your question is yes.they did .

Answer 7

Yes the first Catholic pope was not Peter... he was executed. It was Constantine... and that dude was a Roman emperor.

Answer 8

Of course they did. That's why they call it the "Holy Roman Empire."

The "Holy See" is a nation, same as any other nation. It currently claims over one billion citizens from whom she collects taxes and provides few, if any, services.

Answer 9

Yes and Constantine opened the door for it to happen.

Does anyone else find it odd that modern Christianity came from Rome yet all that stuff was supposed to have happened in Israel? Shouldn't that place have the largest Christian population?

Answer 10

No. The first pope was Peter the apostle