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Article Title

How Peter Became Pope

Authors

Th. Engelder, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Publication Date

3-1-1931

Document Type

Article

Keywords

pope, rome, alexander, clergy, cardinals, avignon, benedict, antichrist, clement, gregory, innocent, urban

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

Clement VI, 1342-52, said, "My predecessors did not know how to be Pope.''

Villari says the Countess of Jurenne was the Pope's mistress. The Pope absolved Queen Johanna of Naples for murdering her husband; the queen sold the vast Avignon to the Pope for a beggarly 80,000 florins.

The Pope's table, horses, pageants, and ladies made his court look like that of a king. Of the twenty-five cardinals created by Clement twelve were relatives, who led the most scandalous Iives. Clement said, "The monks behave like a herd of bulls that rage against the cows of the people."

Disciplines

History of Christianity

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Engelder, Th. (1931) "How Peter Became Pope," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 2, Article 21.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol2/iss1/21