Since I spend a lot of time on the Internet posting to several message boards in addition to Jesus Christ Forums; and since I am debating Catholics on a couple of those message boards I find information that is both informative and controversial. Informative for me and controversial in the view of Catholics.
So here is something I found on another message board:
The Papacy: Its Corporate Culture Identity
001. Peter
Never Bishop of Rome.
Not buried in St. Peter's, his head is in the Lateran.
"Thou art Peter.. ": Cyprian, Origen, Cyril, Hilary, Jerome, Ambrose, Augustine did not call the Bishop of Rome a Rock or that even Rock refers to him and specifically so with the promise of the keys.
002. Linus 67-76
First Bishop of Rome.
Chosen by Paul.
(Index: Popes)
004. Clement I 88-97
Chosen by Peter.
Condemned Athanasius, champion of orthodoxy against Arians, therefore suggested that the Son was lower than the Father.
(Index: Popes)
036. Liberius 352-366
Condemned Athanasius, champion of orthodoxy against Arians, therefore suggested that the Son was lower than the Father.
(Index: Popes)
037. Damascus I 366-383
Killed 137 people in St. Mary Major. To compensate, claimed spiritual authority as a "successor of St. Peter," a claim not made by the Fathers of the Church.
(Index: Popes)
040. Innocent I 401-417
Wrote to Council of Milevis that baptized babies were obligated to receive communion or else, if they died, they'd go to Hell. (Condemned by Trent)
(Index: Popes)
049. Gelasius I 492-496
Wrote to Bishops of Picenum as Innocent I.
(Index: Popes)
059. Vigilius I 537-555
Nominated by Boniface II whose letter the people of clergy of Rome forced him to burn as an infringement upon their democratic right to elect Bishop of Rome.
Declared a heretic and excommunicated by the 5th General Council, recanted in spirit of Augustine, and was almost lynched when he returned to Rome.
(Index: Popes)
064. Gregory I 590-604
Civil leader and Patriarch of the West.
Said unbaptized go straight to hell and suffer for all eternity.
Approved Augustine's anti-sex views:
—Marriage is not sinful, but sex between partners is.
—Original sin is passed on to children of baptized parents by the evils of sex.
(Index: Popes)
070. Honorius I 625-638
Condemned by Church for heresy.
Founder of Monothelitism: Christ has two natures (Council of Chalcedon), but only one will.
Condemned in 1680 at 6th General Council.
(Index: Popes)
Lists some Popes with comments and ends with:
263. John Paul II 1978
Sternest pope in living memory.
A Platonist: truth is eternal and unchangeable.
Priests: Be non-political, yet he is political.
Revised cannon law (1983) without collegial approval and consultation.
1979: Silenced Hans Kung.
Like Gregory VII and Pius IX, he is content with nothing less than total submission, even on matters that are hotly contested.
Hunthausssen (Seattle): Pope is Bishop of Seattle as Benedict XIV was Bishop of World.
At last words of truth from self-identified Catholics.
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