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Kelly, J.N.D.

 
9780192820853: The Oxford Dictionary of Popes (Oxford Paperback Reference)
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ISBN 10: 0192820850 ISBN 13: 9780192820853
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks, 1997

Synopsis

Writing for people of every religious allegiance, John Kelly gives concise accounts not only of all the officially recognized popes from St Peter to John Paul 11, but also of all their irregularly elected rivals, the so-called antipopes. Also listed is the legendary existence of a popess called Joan. Each pope and antipope's entry covers his family and social background and pre-papal career as well as his activities in office. The entries are arranged chronologically making this a continuous history of the papacy which has an unbroken existence of almost 2,000 years. It reveals how, for much of that history, spiritual and temporal power have been inextricably mingled in the person of the pope.

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About the Author

J.N.D. Kelly is Canon of Chichester Cathedral, a Fellow of the British Academy, and since 1966 a member of the Academic Council of the Ecumenical Theological Institute, Jerusalem. He is the author of Early Christian Creeds, Early Christian Doctrines, The Epistles of Peter and of Jude, and Jerome.

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Publisher
Oxford Paperbacks
Publication date
1997
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0192820850
ISBN 13 
9780192820853
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
368

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