The Origins of Papacy and the Road to Power

For centuries the Pope represented the center of not only the Catholic, but also the political and social world. But what are the origins of Papacy and what was their road to power? How did a Christian bishop of Rome rise to such heights of influence becoming the leader of the Catholic church?

There was a time when there were no Catholics and Orthodox believers, only Christians. That’s where we start in this video, following the rise of the Roman Bishop, his growing influence on neighboring kingdoms and eventually the rise of the Papal States. Watch the video to dive into the entertaining, twisted and dark at times history of papacy, which is full of intrigues, murders and many other unholy crimes.

[aidena]

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[Aristocles]

The Franks were never Arians, and converted directly to Roman Catholic Christianity.

[JavierArveloCruzSantana]

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[commy]

4:02 the Franks are claimed to be Arian on the map. This is incorrect as the franks converted directly from paganism to Roman Catholicism under Clovis

[steveweinstein]

Constantine was only baptized on his deathbed.

[michaelsurratt]

It’s like any kingdom, except the rulers start off in their 60s and only last 10 years

[raduraducu]

3:58 Germanics destroy the west roman state .
Some latin priests that managed to stay rich : Can I tell you about Jesus.
Germanics :Yeah.
Popes (these latins) that will influence the barbarians throw christianity : You fallen right under my trap.

[giuseppecalegari]

" Tu sei Pietro e su questa pietra edificherò la mia Chiesa e le potenze degli inferi non prevarranno su di essa. A te darò le chiavi del Regno dei Cieli: tutto ciò che legherai sulla Terra sarà legato nei Cieli, e tutto ciò che scioglierai sulla Terra sarà sciolto nei Cieli. Vangelo di Matteo, capitolo 16.

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[hailchristandmary]

Christians are capable of being sinful as individuals, Our Lord Jesus promised wolves will enter the Church, but the Church is perfect because God Himself established her, militantly and triumphantly, through His Apostles with authority to celebrate Christian sacraments. There existed Jewish priests capable of sin in the O.T. yet Jews did not abandon Israel and her traditions, knowing it was still God's promised. Now the Church is the new Israel and God promised the gates of hell will not destroy her.

[Moredread]

The video ended somewhat abruptly if you were mostly listening. You need an outro of some kind.

[contemplatinghistory]

02:07 That painting isn’t depicting Constantine the first or any Pope of Rome. Anthonis Van Dyke's 1619 painting of St. Ambrose blocking the cathedral door, refusing Theodosius's admittance.

Overall, your video is highly inaccurate.

[toferg.]

The Iron Foot (and 4th Beast & Willful king) defends its reputation by merely asserting that others are ignorant.

[undergroundpublishing]

There's no evidence whatsoever in the early church writings that Peter was ever a bishop in Rome. He went to Rome, preached the gospel there with Mark, ordained a few elders with Paul, and then got executed.

The apostolic churches had a plurality of elders. There was never a monoepiscopy. This was invented by Ignatius of Antioch after the Apostles died. After that, you have two different writings emerge around the turn of the 3rd century claiming that either Linus or Clement was the first bishop of Rome. These were by Irenaeus of Lyon and Tertullian of Carthage, both well reputed scholars who had previously been in Rome. This proves that there was no monoepiscopy, and that people were trying to fudge records to make it look like there was after it became the norm.

Do yourself a favor and look at the bishop's list for Jerusalem. It's on Wikipedia. It makes perfect sense if you understand they were several bishops or elders at a time. But if you try to make it a Monoepiscopy, You have James's brother Jude at the head of the church in 130 AD, despite the fact that his grandchildren are testifying before Diocletian around 95 AD.

The Roman Catholic tradition is just full of lies. What they really are is the last vestige of the Roman State, and the false church that was ordered and ordained by Constantine and his successors. It created the Pentarchy, and put Christians in the Roman empire under the Nicene Creed, which contained language that was used exclusively by gnostics and heretics but never found in the Bible. It officially merged Christianity with Platonism, and essentially banned marriage among the clergy so that the many non-trad rhetoricians in the Greco-Roman world could find a place to hide and gain massive tax advantages. All of this is well documented if you know where to look. Find me on my channel if you're interested.

[Roshini-qd]

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[stephenpolissack]

To me, this shows & I think most scholars would agree that Peter of the Bible never held any office like a “Pope” like it came to be and understood in later centuries because that didn’t exist in the first century. Tough also to maintain the Holy Spirit “chooses” the Popes with all the great corruption that occurred with it. Seems more historical to say fallible men chose the Popes, instead.

[athiocordatus]

I do hope the material in the first 3 minutes of the video followed a more strictly chronological order. Jumping from the Pentarchs (6th century) to Constantine the Great (4th century) was jarring.