How do we know he was pope? The Liber Pontificalis (“Book of Popes”) lists Pope St. Urban I as the immediate successor of Callixtus I and 16th successor of St. Peter. Church historian Eusebius, writing around 325 AD, confirms the same. Give me the scoop on Urban I. There isn’t a lot of scoop to …
How do we know he was pope? Both the Liber Pontificalis (“Book of Popes”) and Church historian Eusebius list Pope St. Callistus I as the 16th Bishop of Rome and 15th successor of St. Peter, noting that he reigned for just five years. Give me the scoop on Callistus I. We don’t know when he …
How do we know he was pope? The Liber Pontificalis (“Book of Popes”) lists Pope St. Zephyrinus as the 15th Bishop of Rome and 14th successor of St. Peter. Church historian Eusebius, writing around 325 AD, confirms the same. Give me the scoop on Zephyrinus. Most of what we know about Zephyrinus is from the …
Q. 126. What do we mean by the “end of man”? A. By the “end of man” we mean the purpose for which he was created: namely, to know, love, and serve God. Q. 127. How do you know that man was created for God alone? A. I know that man was created for God …
Give me the scoop on Peter. St. Peter, first pope and the pearly-gate-keeper in all those jokes about heaven, hardly needs an introduction. It was to Peter whom Jesus said, “On this rock I will build my church” (Matt. 16:18), and it was Peter who consistently appeared in the Gospels as the head of the …
How do we know he was pope? The Liber Pontificalis (“Book of Popes”) lists Pope St. Victor I as following St. Eleutherius as Bishop of Rome. Church historian Eusebius, writing around 325 AD, also confirms Victor as 14th pope. Give me the scoop on Victor I. Pope St. Victor I is traditionally remembered as the …
How do we know he was pope? St. Linus is identified by St. Irenaeus in his work Adversus Haeresis (“Against Heresy”) as the second pope and first successor of St. Peter, stating, “The blessed apostles, then, having founded and built up the Church, committed into the hands of Linus the office of the episcopate.” Give …
How do we know he was pope? Like St. Linus before him, St. Cletus is identified by St. Irenaeus in his work Adversus haeresis (“Against Heresy”). Give me the scoop on Cletus. Pope St. Cletus was pope for 12 years. Early Church writers sometimes used more than one name to identify him – Cletus, Anacletus, …
How do we know he was pope? Like Linus & Cletus before him, Clement I is identified by St. Irenaeus in Adversus haeresis (“Against Heresy”) as the fourth pope and third successor of St. Peter. Ancient writers Eusebius and St. Jerome also put Clement I fourth in line. Give me the scoop on Clement I. …
How do we know he was pope? Like his three predecessors, St. Evaristus is identified by St. Irenaeus in his work Adversus haeresis (“Against Heresy”) as the fifth pope and fourth successor of St. Peter. Ancient writer Hippolytus also identifies Evaristus as fifth in line. Give me the scoop on Evaristus. Honestly, we don’t know …