#12179 How Were Popes Elected Throughout Church History? - Tim Staples

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🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

From apostolic succession to secret ballots, the history of papal elections is rich and fascinating. We explore how popes have been chosen across the centuries, and also tackle questions on sanctuary use, offensive Talmudic texts, and disposing of a damaged rosary.

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Questions Covered:

07:43 – I am a Catholic school teacher and they use the sanctuary for plays immediately after mass. What are the rules for use of the sanctuary?
14:44 – I see a lot of bumper stickers at church of an M with a line through it. Does that have any significance? How does one dispose of a damaged rosary?
18: 58 -Can you give a brief history of how popes were elected?
29:14 – In the Talmud it says that Jesus is burning in hell. What do I make of this?
40:41 – Jn 11 and Jn 12 there’s a plot to kill Lazarus after being raised from the dead. Did they ever succeed in their plot?
43:13 – Can you bless non-Catholic items like a buddha?
48:14 – Are you familiar with the documentary, Hypothesis? When do they go from using the name YHWH to Elohim?

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1:04.7	So you get to participate in the poll question if you want. You can just put your answer. We'll get to it in the second hour. We'll reveal the results of the poll in the second hour.
1:14.1	But you can just go to the comment section on YouTube where this show is currently streaming.
1:19.3	Or if you have the app, it'll ask you the question.
1:22.3	The question is as follows, what name would you choose if you were chosen as Pope?
1:28.3	Uh-huh.
1:29.3	And we'll find out what the most popular names are, and we will report back.
1:33.3	What name would you choose if you were Pope?
1:35.3	I just have a question.
1:36.3	Would it have to be Cyril or could it just be Syrily?
1:40.3	Oh, no, Cyrillus.
1:42.3	It's got to have to be Surillus.
1:46.6	I don't even know if that's the... It's Greek name, actually.
1:47.9	It's not a Latin name, so I don't know.
1:50.4	Are you limiting the authority of the Pope?
1:53.2	No, I guess the Pope can do whatever he wants.
1:54.8	So you can invent his own language.
1:56.0	He can do it in Clingon.
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