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Article Title

How Peter Became Pope

Authors

W Dallmann, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Publication Date

9-1-1930

Document Type

Article

Keywords

pope, karl the great, hadrian, st. peter, papal, constantine

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

Hadrian I, 772-795, had his rival Paul Afiarta executed. When the Lombards again besieged Rome, the Pope called Karl the Great, who overthrew King Desiderius and annexed his kingdom. Karl visited the Pope, kissed the stairs of St. Peter's as he went up, and ratified and enlarged the gift of his father Pepin in 774. In 781 Karl had to help again, and rumor had it he planned to depose the Pope.

Till December 1, 781, the Pope had counted his office from the years of the rule of the Greek emperors; now he dated it from the years of his own reign.

Disciplines

History of Christianity

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Dallmann, W (1930) "How Peter Became Pope," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 1, Article 82.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol1/iss1/82