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Antipopes

The existence of antipopes is one of the most unusual features of Church history. The first to be declared Pope, but be considered invalidly elected at the time or by history was St. Hippolytus, who disagreed with the Pope of the day but was later reconciled and died for the faith. Most antipopes have come about due to the intrigues of cardinals, secular princes or Roman nobility. ANTIPOPE (ALLEGED REIGN) ST. HIPPOLYTUS 217-235 NOVATIAN 251 FELIX II 355-365 URSINUS 366-367 EULALIUS 418-419 LAWRENCE 498/499-502/506 DIOSCORUS 530 THEODORE 687 PASCAL 687 CONSTANTINE 767-768 PHILIP 768 JOHN 844 ANASTASIUS 855 CHRISTOPHER 903-904 BONIFACE VII 974-984/985 JOHN XVI 997-998 GREGORY 1012 BENEDICT X 1058-1059 HONORIUS II 1061-1064 CLEMENT III 1080-1084/1100 THEODORE 1100 ALBERT 1101 SILVESTER IV 1105-1111 GREGORY VIII 1118-1121 CELESTINE II 1...

The block rosary crusade

Welcome to Block Rosary Crusade Nigeria Prayer, Penance & Sacrifice ABOUT Block Rosary is a Mother’s call to her children. Block Rosary is designed in Heaven and brought to earth by the Mother of God. Block Rosary neighbors PRAY together; Block Rosary Neighbors STAY together. Block Rosary is our Lady’s answer to the Communist block plan. Block Rosary fosters love of neighbor. (“Thou shall love thy neighbor as thy self,” Matt. 19:19). Block Rosary brings Christ in our midst, ( “Where two or three are gathered together, there am I in the midst of them,” Matt.19:20). Block Rosary unites people who love God. Block Rosary’s quiet voice within neighborhood is powerfully apostolic. It is neighborhood astir for God. A Block Rosary neighborhood is a safe neighborhood. There is no room for Block Rosary and crime on the same street, The Rosary is the Ark of the Covenant, bearing within it, the manna of Christ, the rod of His holy cross and the law of His divine love. The Ros...

SAINT OF THE DAY SUNDAY 14TH MAY 2023

HOME UPDATES SAINT OF THE DAY SUNDAY 14TH MAY 2023 Saint Of The Day Sunday 14th May 2023 By Martony 14th May, 2023 ST MATTHIAS THE APOSTLE & ST. MICHAEL GARICOÏTS, PRIEST, FOUNDER OF PRIESTS OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS OF BÉTHARRAM St. Matthias , (flourished 1st century CE , Judaea—died, traditionally Colchis , Armenia; Western feast day February 24, Eastern feast day August 9), in the New Testament , among the 12 Apostles , the disciple who, according to Acts of the Apostles 1:21–26, was chosen to replace Judas Iscariot after Judas betrayed Jesus . Jesus’ choice of 12 Apostles points to a consciousness of a symbolic mission—originally there were 12 tribes of Israel—that the community maintained after the Crucifixion. Acts reveals that Matthias accompanied Jesus and the Apostles from the time of the baptism of Jesus to the Ascension and t...

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