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Search for King James Bible Study, KJV, and download the app today. Welcome back to another History of the Papacy podcast remastered. I'm Steve, your host.

Previously, we talked about the first bishop of Rome, Peter, Prince of the Apostle,

holder of the keys of heaven, etc., etc.

I thought a next good stopping point on our journey through the history of the popes of Rome

would be to look at the ordained clergy of the early church.

These would be bishops, priests, and deacons. The early church had many, many more offices

than this, but these were the offices that required, quote-unquote, apostolic succession. In this

episode, we'll try to discuss the roles and duties of deacons, priests, and bishops in some degree

of detail. We'll also look at the

idea of apostolic succession and why it is so important to the story of the Roman popes. As we've learned

in the previous episodes, the bishop of Rome is not the only high-level bishop to be called Pope.

The head bishop of Alexandria in Egypt was and is called Pope to this day, actually

even before the popes of Rome were called Pope.

The popes of Alexandria were called Pope.

But I digress.

We also learn that the word Pope is an anglicized form of the Latin

romance language slash Greek word, Papa. In fact, Papa is what the Pope is called in most other

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