Is the pope caesar?

Question

I hear the pope was just ceasar's replacement when The empire fell.

Answer 1

No.

The Pope is considered Simon Peter's replacement.

John 21:15-17 states:

When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs."

He then said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." He said to him, "Tend my sheep."

He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was distressed that he had said to him a third time, "Do you love me?" and he said to him, "Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you." (Jesus) said to him, "Feed my sheep.

Matthew 16:17-19 states:

Jesus said to him in reply, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father. And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."

The Catholic Church believes the Lord made Simon alone, whom he named Peter, the "rock" of his Church. He gave him the keys of his Church and instituted him shepherd of the whole flock.

The Pope is the senior pastor of 1.1 billion Catholics, the direct successor of Simon Peter.

The Pope’s main roles include teaching, sanctifying, and governing.

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

This is an interesting question. The official line you will get from Catholic apologists, spin merchants and PR agents is "No".

But in fact the power and success of the Catholic Church over the past 1,000 years is strongly based on arguing that the Pope IS caesar through the "Gift of Constantine".

The gift of Constantine is an infamous document created by Pope Adrian and then revised by a number of Popes over the centuries that appears around the 8th Century claiming to be from the hand of Emperor Constantine in which he granted his powers, land and possessions to the Roman Catholic Church- in other words- and lets be clear- he granted the Pope the powers of caesar.

See the Almanac of Evil for more information on the context of the Gift of Constantine and its history:
See:
http://one-faith-of-god.org/final_testament/end_of_darkness/evil/evil_0080.htm

The credibility of this document in claiming the Pope as caesar was used to justify church taxes, the creation of the Papal states and the selling of Ireland to England for a royalty as well as dividing non-Europe between Spain and Portugal.

So any person who says No to your question and claims to be a Catholic "expert" is not really being straight.

Of course the document remains a terrible forgery that is still uncontested in international courts. If that every happened, the Catholic Church would be forced to pay billions in compensation for the lives, property and cultures destroyed for the Pope claiming to be caesar.

Answer 3

Basically.

One of the Pope's titles is Ponifex Maximus, a title and position held by Julius Caesar and Marcus Antony, among others.

Christians will try to insert their false history to replace the true origins, but the Old Testament tries to do that to all of us, as if we're all Jewish or something.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Answer 4

The pope is the earthly leader of the Catholic Church, just as he has always been from the beginning.

When the Roman Empire fell, the Church was the only force on earth that was able to rescue western civilization, and rebuild it, in the image of heaven.

Answer 5

No, he was given authority over the Church. Now, eventually, the Pope did have some temporal authority in what is now Italy. The Papal states were under his control. It was no way like the temporal authority of Caesar.

Answer 6

No...not at all.

The Pope is the Vicar of Christ and in the direct succession of St. Peter, as see in this link:
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12272b.htm

The role of the Pope is pastor of the universal church. http://www.catholicmissionleaflets.org/leafpope.htm

Answer 7

no, the Pope is given authority by CHrist himself to "feed" his flock.

"I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven." Matthew 16:19

Answer 8

He was in 325 A.D.

Have you even read any ancient histories?

Answer 9

yes, I believe so

Answer 10

NOPE. HE'S "GOD'S REP ON EARTH" ACCORDING TO THE HOLY "CATHOLIC" CHURCH.
DAMNED CATHOLIC DOCTRINE.