The Unbroken Line of Popes Throughout the Ages:
It is by far the longest continuous line of succession of any religious institution on earth.
By the time that the last book of the Bible (Revelation) was written, the Catholic Church was already on its fifth Pope.
St. Irenaeus listed the first 14 Popes in "Against Heresies", 3:3:3, 180 AD
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* St. Peter (32-67), Matthew 16:18
* St. Linus (67-76), 2Timothy 4:21
* St. Anacletus (Cletus) (76-88)
* St. Clement I (88-97), Philippians 4:3
* St. Evaristus (97-105)
* St. Alexander I (105-115)
* St. Sixtus I (115-125)
* St. Telesphorus (125-136)
* St. Hyginus (136-140)
* St. Pius I (140-155)
Plus the rest see link
2006-12-28 23:19:12
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answered by ? 6
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All of them.
But Linus was first after Peter.
Peter (32-67)
Linus (67-76)
Anacletus (Cletus) (76-88)
Clement I (88-97)
Evaristus (97-105)
Alexander I (105-115)
Sixtus I (115-125) -- also called Xystus I
Telesphorus (125-136)
Hyginus (136-140)
Pius I (140-155)
Anicetus (155-166)
Soter (166-175)
Eleutherius (175-189)
Victor I (189-199)
Zephyrinus (199-217)
Callistus I (217-22)
Urban I (222-30)
Pontain (230-35)
Anterus (235-36)
Fabian (236-50)
Cornelius (251-53)
Lucius I (253-54)
Stephen I (254-257)
Sixtus II (257-258)
Dionysius (260-268)
Felix I (269-274)
Eutychian (275-283)
Caius (283-296) -- also called Gaius
Marcellinus (296-304)
Marcellus I (308-309)
Eusebius (309 or 310)
Miltiades (311-14)
Sylvester I (314-35)
Marcus (336)
Julius I (337-52)
Liberius (352-66)
Damasus I (366-83)
Siricius (384-99)
Anastasius I (399-401)
Innocent I (401-17)
Zosimus (417-18)
Boniface I (418-22)
Celestine I (422-32)
Sixtus III (432-40)
Leo I (the Great) (440-61)
Hilarius (461-68)
Simplicius (468-83)
Felix III (II) (483-92)
Gelasius I (492-96)
Anastasius II (496-98)
Symmachus (498-514)
Hormisdas (514-23)
John I (523-26)
Felix IV (III) (526-30)
Boniface II (530-32)
John II (533-35)
Agapetus I (535-36) -- also called Agapitus I
Silverius (536-37)
Vigilius (537-55)
Pelagius I (556-61)
John III (561-74)
Benedict I (575-79)
Pelagius II (579-90)
Gregory I (the Great) (590-604)
Sabinian (604-606)
Boniface III (607)
Boniface IV (608-15)
Deusdedit (Adeodatus I) (615-18)
Boniface V (619-25)
Honorius I (625-38)
Severinus (640)
John IV (640-42)
Theodore I (642-49)
Martin I (649-55)
Eugene I (655-57)
Vitalian (657-72)
Adeodatus (II) (672-76)
Donus (676-78)
Agatho (678-81)
Leo II (682-83)
Benedict II (684-85)
John V (685-86)
Conon (686-87)
Sergius I (687-701)
John VI (701-05)
John VII (705-07)
Sisinnius (708)
Constantine (708-15)
Gregory II (715-31)
Gregory III (731-41)
Zachary (741-52)
Stephen II (752) -- Because he died before being consecrated, some lists (including the Vatican's official list) omit him.
Stephen III (752-57)
Paul I (757-67)
Stephen IV (767-72)
Adrian I (772-95)
Leo III (795-816)
Stephen V (816-17)
Paschal I (817-24)
Eugene II (824-27)
Valentine (827)
Gregory IV (827-44)
Sergius II (844-47)
Leo IV (847-55)
Benedict III (855-58)
Nicholas I (the Great) (858-67)
Adrian II (867-72)
John VIII (872-82)
Marinus I (882-84)
Adrian III (884-85)
Stephen VI (885-91)
Formosus (891-96)
Boniface VI (896)
Stephen VII (896-97)
Romanus (897)
Theodore II (897)
John IX (898-900)
Benedict IV (900-03)
Leo V (903)
Sergius III (904-11)
Anastasius III (911-13)
Lando (913-14)
John X (914-28)
Leo VI (928)
Stephen VIII (929-31)
John XI (931-35)
Leo VII (936-39)
Stephen IX (939-42)
Marinus II (942-46)
Agapetus II (946-55)
John XII (955-63)
Leo VIII (963-64)
Benedict V (964)
John XIII (965-72)
Benedict VI (973-74)
Benedict VII (974-83)
John XIV (983-84)
John XV (985-96)
Gregory V (996-99)
Sylvester II (999-1003)
John XVII (1003)
John XVIII (1003-09)
Sergius IV (1009-12)
Benedict VIII (1012-24)
John XIX (1024-32)
Benedict IX (1032-45)
Sylvester III (1045) -- Considered by some to be an antipope
Benedict IX (1045)
Gregory VI (1045-46)
Clement II (1046-47)
Benedict IX (1047-48)
Damasus II (1048)
Leo IX (1049-54)
Victor II (1055-57)
Stephen X (1057-58)
Nicholas II (1058-61)
Alexander II (1061-73)
Gregory VII (1073-85)
Victor III (1086-87)
Urban II (1088-99)
Paschal II (1099-1118)
Gelasius II (1118-19)
Callistus II (1119-24)
Honorius II (1124-30)
Innocent II (1130-43)
Celestine II (1143-44)
Lucius II (1144-45)
Eugene III (1145-53)
Anastasius IV (1153-54)
Adrian IV (1154-59)
Alexander III (1159-81)
Lucius III (1181-85)
Urban III (1185-87)
Gregory VIII (1187)
Clement III (1187-91)
Celestine III (1191-98)
Innocent III (1198-1216)
Honorius III (1216-27)
Gregory IX (1227-41)
Celestine IV (1241)
Innocent IV (1243-54)
Alexander IV (1254-61)
Urban IV (1261-64)
Clement IV (1265-68)
Gregory X (1271-76)
Innocent V (1276)
Adrian V (1276)
John XXI (1276-77)
Nicholas III (1277-80)
Martin IV (1281-85)
Honorius IV (1285-87)
Nicholas IV (1288-92)
Celestine V (1294)
Boniface VIII (1294-1303)
Benedict XI (1303-04)
Clement V (1305-14)
John XXII (1316-34)
Benedict XII (1334-42)
Clement VI (1342-52)
Innocent VI (1352-62)
Urban V (1362-70)
Gregory XI (1370-78)
Urban VI (1378-89)
Boniface IX (1389-1404)
Innocent VII (1404-06)
Gregory XII (1406-15)
Martin V (1417-31)
Eugene IV (1431-47)
Nicholas V (1447-55)
Callistus III (1455-58)
Pius II (1458-64)
Paul II (1464-71)
Sixtus IV (1471-84)
Innocent VIII (1484-92)
Alexander VI (1492-1503)
Pius III (1503)
Julius II (1503-13)
Leo X (1513-21)
Adrian VI (1522-23)
Clement VII (1523-34)
Paul III (1534-49)
Julius III (1550-55)
Marcellus II (1555)
Paul IV (1555-59)
Pius IV (1559-65)
Pius V (1566-72)
Gregory XIII (1572-85)
Sixtus V (1585-90)
Urban VII (1590)
Gregory XIV (1590-91)
Innocent IX (1591)
Clement VIII (1592-1605)
Leo XI (1605)
Paul V (1605-21)
Gregory XV (1621-23)
Urban VIII (1623-44)
Innocent X (1644-55)
Alexander VII (1655-67)
Clement IX (1667-69)
Clement X (1670-76)
Innocent XI (1676-89)
Alexander VIII (1689-91)
Innocent XII (1691-1700)
Clement XI (1700-21)
Innocent XIII (1721-24)
Benedict XIII (1724-30)
Clement XII (1730-40)
Benedict XIV (1740-58)
Clement XIII (1758-69)
Clement XIV (1769-74)
Pius VI (1775-99)
Pius VII (1800-23)
Leo XII (1823-29)
Pius VIII (1829-30)
Gregory XVI (1831-46)
Pius IX (1846-78)
Leo XIII (1878-1903)
Pius X (1903-14)
Benedict XV (1914-22)
Pius XI (1922-39)
Pius XII (1939-58)
John XXIII (1958-63)
Paul VI (1963-78)
John Paul I (1978)
John Paul II (1978-2005)
Benedict XVI (2005—)
With love in Christ.
2006-12-29 16:27:57
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answered by imacatholic2 7
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Peter was NOT a Pope, Therefore Popes down through ages of time, is lying about Peter being a Pope, Peter was a married man, & now your popes tries to tell everyone they are following Peter, Peter was an Apostle.
2006-12-28 23:32:18
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answered by Anonymous
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Peter had a wife (Matthew 8 v 14), thus he could not be the pope as the pope does not have a wife.
In fact to be a head of a church (actually he is meant to be a guide and protector for a congregation of beleivers) one most be the husband of one wife, thus the pope is not a valid head of the Church.
1Timothy 3 v 2: "A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;"
There is only one Head of the whole Church and that is Christ and there are many leaders of local churches (which are called bishops or pastors).
Colossians 1 v 18 "And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence."
(v14 makes it clear that this is speaking about Christ: "In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:")
The Bible has all the answers that we need to know! Amen.
2006-12-28 23:53:06
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answered by Creationist 1
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who made Peter pope?
2006-12-28 23:18:35
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answered by papa G 6
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peter wasnt a pope thats a rumor
2006-12-28 23:18:56
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answered by Anonymous
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the two one in each and every of your concerns take care of the regulation of Celibacy for which monks take a vow upon their ordination. This regulation does not grant any style of scriptural or historic evidence that Peter replaced into no longer the 1st Pope, as defined under: <<"he replaced into married and monks and popes do no longer marry ">> The vow of celibacy isn't a dogma of the Catholic Church - with the aid of fact of this it is not an official coaching from the Magisterium, and could get replaced. neither is it universally known for the time of all the 23 Rites. many of the eastern Catholic Rites enable their clergy to marry. Even in the Latin ceremony, there are an extremely few married monks (inspite of the actual shown fact that Latin ceremony clergy ought to have particular and exhibit permission from the Vatican before they are able to pass into the priesthood. Such situations are no longer very common). additionally, the Vow of Celibacy replaced into no longer enacted ("enacted" - for loss of a greater effectual term) till after some countless hundred years of the Church's background. As you have already observed, countless the earliest Church Fathers (collectively with Peter) certainly have been married monks. Even in the present day, some contributors of the clergy are married adult men (as defined above). <<"DOCTRINES OF DEVILS" .... "FORBIDDING TO MARRY">> before everything, i do no longer see how this is even suitable in direction of offering evidence that Peter replaced into no longer the 1st Pope. Secondly, no person is forbidding the ordained clergy to marry. Seminarians are completely attentive to the vocation they are taking on as they are in the approach of adjusting into monks. Upon their own WILL, they take a vow to stay celibate the remainder of their lives, as they are dedicating themselves to the Church. In my eyes, this is likely one in each and every of the main humbling acts of dedication to the Lord i've got ever considered. It shows how incredibly dedicated Catholic monks are to serving God and following His Plan.
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answered by lyon 4
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St. Linus [619]
2006-12-28 23:20:02
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answer #8
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answered by WC 7
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read the catholic encyclopedia and you can get iot at the vatican city
2006-12-28 23:18:22
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answered by Jesus M 7
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Linus.
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2006-12-28 23:16:57
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answered by Anonymous
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