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by Deb McCoy | Jan 23, 2020 | Popes, Saints
The Liber Pontificalis is a book of information on the early popes, written in the fourth century. It is not always perfectly accurate and, as archeology reveals more information, new books are published with updated details. I try to get the newest data for these...
by Deb McCoy | Jan 23, 2020 | Popes, Saints
When Pope Callixstus died on October 14, 222, Urban I, a noble Roman, the son of Pontianus, was elected and became Bishop of Rome some time in early 223. This was shortly after the assassination of the emperor Elagabalus, known as the most disgusting, eccentric of all...
by Deb McCoy | Jan 23, 2020 | Popes, Saints
The sixteenth pope is a very controversial man whose sole biography was written by his arch-enemy, Hippolytus, as well as comments by another, Tertullian. Callixtus was the household slave of Carpophyrus, a Roman close to the Roman court. This Carpophyrus was a...
by Deb McCoy | Jan 15, 2020 | Popes, Saints
Pope St. Eleutherius was a Greek, son of Habundius, born in Nicopolis, part of what is now Greece, some time after 100 AD. His name means “frank, honest, free-spirited”. Whether that is his real name or a description of the man is unknown. Eleutherius was...
by Deb McCoy | Jan 15, 2020 | Popes, Saints
In our ongoing study of the popes, we come to Soter. The twelfth bishop of Rome, was born in Fondi, Lazio, located between Rome and Naples, according to tradition. He probably was born after the death of the last apostle, John, and probably after many of the people...
by Deb McCoy | Aug 16, 2019 | Saints
One can say that evangelizers teach. They teach, in the context we are using, God, religion, the Holy Scriptures. It can also be said that teachers evangelize. They teach thinking processes, the bigger picture, how to coordinate one set of facts with another. Today’s...
