mr.mac: Rise of the Papacy

Defend each of these positions:

1.  Jesus Christ established the papacy with the Apostle Peter; and the Bishop of Rome as Peter's successor bears the supreme authority over the whole church.

2.  History indicates that the establishment of the papacy was established by slow and painful process.  Pope Leo (440-461 CE) provided for the first time the biblical and theological bases of the papal claim.

1/28/09

i think the disciples were also very important because they were a big part in the entire time of Jesus. i think it is a little bit strange that the first pope was nominated 450 years after peter.    Many people have disagreed on that. i think it depends on the person and catholic superiors to think on what should be best to say. 

jan 28 '09

I think that the most important person in the bible is Jesus.

 i think that because he God's son and also because he died for us!

and probably if he hadn't died for us i wouldn't be writing this.

i think that the first one is right. i think that there were popes 

after Peter. i think this because probably everyone wanted that 

place in church and they kept the tradition that was started. 

i think that since then there has been popes in the catholic

church!

Chapter 13

     I think that yes Jesus can be considered the first form of papacy, because he was the head of the church once, and everyone followed his believes so for me Jesus can definetly be consider the first pope. Crowds would get together to listen to Jesus and his teachings. Most people would obey his commands jut like a modern pope. The only difference is that a pope has other bishops that obey him. And Jesus had the apostles, but they were more like followers than workers. 

                                                       Ale.         

11th grade biography of saint Augustine

Saint augustine was a person that struggle with temptation trough out his life. But his convertion came when he met Ambros. But still he could not find peace until one day he heard the voice of a child telling him to open the bible. SO he did and he read a verse a bout temptation. Saint augustine felt a peace he had never felt before, from that moment on he never struggle with temptation again. He became a great preacher and his writings still illustrate a lot of followers among the world. He is known for "the city of God" , which is a concept that he had that said that the destruction of rome was meant to be and he compared it to the destruction of Sodom.  

Mr Mac: Augustine

Write a brief biography of Saint Augustine of Hippo.