A History of the Popes
by Joseph McCabe

 

Excerpts from: A History of the Popes by Joseph McCabe,
formerly a Romish priest and author of more than fifty historical works.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 


First 5 Centuries
SECTION - ONE
  A History of the Popes - First 5 Centuries Innocent I
  Historical Ghosts Zosimus
  Fabianus Boniface
  Wealth Celestine
  Damasus Leo I
  The Popes Begin to Persecute Consequence and Influence


 
    6th  to  9th  Century
SECTION - TWO
Consequences of the Fall of Rome
The Final Quarrel With the Greeks
The Pope Rules the Ruins of Europe
Charlemagne And The Popes
 
 
      9th  to  11th  Century
SECTION - THREE
Forging New Title-Deeds
Forgeries
The Popes Pass into the Iron Age
Ten Popes in Twenty Years
The Rule of the Courtesans
The Debasement of Europe


 
           11th  Century
SECTION - FOUR
The Age of Power (1050-1550)
The Mythical Age of Chivalry
The Popes and the Artistic Revival
12th  and  13th  Century
SECTION - FIVE
The Intellectual Awakening
The Popes React With Massacre and Inquisition
Frederic II and the Papacy


 
14th  to  16th  Century
SECTION - SIX
Two Centuries of Degradation
Three Living Popes
The Inevitable Reformation
 
    16th  to  18th  Century
SECTION - SEVEN
The Age of Disintegration (1550-1939)
The Mythical Counter-Reformation
The Popes and The Thirty Years' War
The State of Catholic Countries


 
    18th  to  20th  Century
SECTION - EIGHT
The Popes and The French Revolution
The Bloody Reaction in Papal Lands
Crumbling Church: The Return to Violence
The Black International
 
 
20th  Century to Present
SECTION - NINE
No War Without Controversy
The Second Vatican Council
Expansion and The Age of Travel
The Return to Power: Juggernaut
The Testament of The “Son Of Man”
Strategic Foundation




List of Popes in Chronological Order


First  50  Popes

Pope Victor : 189-198 Pope Zephyrinus : 198-217 Pope Callistus : 217-222 Pope Urban : 222-230 Pope Pontain : 230-235
Pope Anterus : 235-236 Pope Fabianus : 236-250 Pope Cornelius : 251-253 Pope Stephen : 254-257 Pope Sixtus II : 257-258
Pope Dionysius : 260-268 Pope Felix : 269-274 Pope Eutychian : 275-283 Pope Caius : 283-296 Pope Marcellinus : 296-304
Pope Marcellus : 308-309 Pope Eusebius : 309-310 Pope Melchiades : 311-314 Pope Silvester I : 314-335 Pope Marcus : 336
Pope Julius : 337-352 Pope Liberius : 352-366 Pope Damasus : 366-383 Pope Siricius : 384-399 Pope Anastasius : 399-401
Pope Innocent I : 401-417 Pope Zosimus : 417-418 Pope Boniface : 418-422 Pope Celestine : 422-432 Pope Sixtus III : 432-440
Pope Leo I : 440-461 Pope Simplicius : 468-483 Pope Felix III : 483-492 Pope Gelasius I : 492-496 Pope Anastasius II : 496-498
Pope Symmachus : 498-514 Pope Hormisdas : 514-523 Pope John I : 523-526 Pope Felix IV : 526-530 Pope Boniface II : 530-532
Pope John II : 532-535 Pope Agapetus : 535-536 Pope Silverius : 536-537 Pope Vigilius : 537-555 Pope Pelagius : 556-561
Pope John III : 561-574 Pope Benedict : 575-579 Pope Pelagius II : 579-590 Pope Gregory I : 590-604 Pope Sabinianus : 604-606


Pope  51  to  100

Pope Boniface III : 607 Pope Boniface IV : 608-615 Pope Deusdedit (Adeodatus I) : 615-618 Pope Boniface V : 619-625 Pope Honorius : 625-638
Pope Severinus : 640 Pope John IV : 640-642 Pope Theodorus : 642-649 Pope Martin : 649-655 Pope Eugene : 655-657
Pope Vitalianus : 657-672 Pope Adeodatus II : 672-676 Pope Donus : 676-678 Pope Agatho : 678-681 Pope Leo II : 682-683
Pope Benedict II : 684-685 Pope John V : 685-686 Pope Conon : 686-687 Pope Sergius : 687-701 Pope John VI : 701-05
Pope John VII : 705-07 Pope Sisinnius : 708 Pope Constantine : 708-715 Pope Gregory II : 715-731 Pope Gregory III : 731-741
Pope Zachary : 741-752 Pope Stephen II : 752 Pope Stephen III : 752-757 Pope Paul I : 757-767 Pope Stephen IV : 767-772
Pope Hadrian I : 772-795 Pope Leo III : 795-816 Pope Stephen : 816-817 Pope Paschal I : 817-821 Pope Eugenius II : 822-827
Pope Gregory IV : 827-844 Pope Sergius II : 844-847 Pope Leo IV : 847-853 Pope Joan : 853-855 Pope Benedict III : 855-858
Pope Nicholas I : 858-867 Pope Hadrian II : 867-872 Pope John VIII : 872-882 Pope Marinus : 882-884 Pope Hadrian III : 884-885
Pope Stephen : 885-891 Pope Formosus : 891-896 Pope Boniface VI : 896 Pope Stephen : 896-897 Pope Romanus : 897


Pope  101  to  150

Pope Theodore II : 897 Pope John IX : 898-900 Pope Benedict IV : 900-903 Pope Leo V : 903 Pope Sergius III : 904-911
Pope Anasthasius III : 911-913 Pope Lando : 913-914 Pope John X : 914-928 Pope Leo VI : 928 Pope Stephen : 929-931
Pope John XI : 931-935 Pope Leo VII : 936-939 Pope Stephen : 939-942 Pope Marinus II : 942-946 Pope Agapetus II : 946-955
Pope John XII : 955-963 Pope Leo VIII : 963-964 Pope Benedict V : 964 Pope John XIII : 965-972 Pope Benedict VI : 973-974
Pope Boniface VII : 974 Pope Benedict VII : 974-983 Pope John XIV : 983-984 Pope John XV : 985-996 Pope Gregory V : 996-999
Pope Sylvester II : 999-1003 Pope John XVII : 1003 Pope John XVIII : 1003-1009 Pope Sergius IV : 1009-1012 Pope Benedict VIII: 1012-1024
Pope John XIX : 1024-1032 Pope Benedict IX : 1032-1045 Pope Gregory VI : 1045 Pope Clement II : 1046-1047 Pope Damasus II : 1048
Pope Leo IX : 1049-1054 Pope Victor II : 1055-1057 Pope Stephen IX : 1057 Pope Benedict X : 1058 Pope Nicholas II : 1058-1061
Pope Alexander II : 1061-1073 Pope Gregory VII : 1073-1085 Pope Victor III : 1086-1087 Pope Urban II : 1088-1099 Pope Paschal II : 1099-1118
Pope Gelasius II : 1118-1119 Pope Calixtus II : 1119-1124 Pope Honorius II : 1124-1130 Pope Innocent II : 1130-1143 Pope Celestine II : 1143-1144


Pope  151  to  200

Pope Lucius II : 1144-1145 Pope Eugenius III : 1145-1153 Pope Anastasius IV : 1153-1154 Pope Adrian IV : 1154-1159 Pope Alexander III: 1159-1181
Pope Lucius III : 1181-1185 Pope Urban III : 1185-1187 Pope Gregory VIII : 1187 Pope Clement III : 1187-1191 Pope Celestine III : 1191-1198
Pope Innocent III : 1198-1216 Pope Honorius III : 1216-1227 Pope Gregory IX : 1227-1241 Pope Celestine IV : 1241 Pope Innocent IV : 1243-1254
Pope Alexander IV: 1254-1261 Pope Urban IV : 1261-1264 Pope Clement IV : 1265-1268 Pope Gregory X : 1271-1276 Pope Innocent V : 1276
Pope Adrian V : 1276 Pope John XX(I) : 1276-1277 Pope Nicholas III : 1277-1280 Pope Martin IV : 1281-1285 Pope Honorius IV : 1285-1287
Pope Nicholas IV : 1288-1292 Pope Celestine V : 1294 Pope Boniface VIII: 1294-1303 Pope Benedict XI : 1303-1304 Pope Clement V : 1305-1314
Pope John XXII : 1316-1334 Pope Benedict XII: 1334-1342 Pope Clement VI : 1342-1352 Pope Innocent VI : 1352-1362 Pope Urban V : 1362-1370
Pope Gregory XI : 1370-1378 Pope Urban VI : 1378-1389 Pope Boniface IX : 1389-1404 Pope Innocent VII: 1405-1406 Pope Gregory XII : 1406-1415
Pope Martin V : 1417-1431 Pope Eugenius IV : 1431-1447 Pope Nicholas V : 1447-1455 Pope Calixtus III : 1455-1458 Pope Pius II : 1458-1464
Pope Paul II : 1464-1471 Pope Sixtus IV : 1471-1484 Pope Innocent VIII: 1484-1492 Pope Alexander VI: 1492-1503 Pope Pius III : 1503


Pope  201  to  Present

Pope Julius II : 1503-1513 Pope Leo X : 1513-1521 Pope Hadrian VI : 1522-1523 Pope Clement VII : 1523-1534 Pope Paul III : 1534-1549
Pope Julius III : 1550-1555 Pope Marcellus II : 1555 Pope Paul IV : 1555-1559 Pope Pius IV : 1559-1565 Pope Pius V : 1566-1572
Pope Gregory XIII : 1572-1585 Pope Sixtus V : 1585-1590 Pope Urban VII : 1590 Pope Gregory XIV : 1590-1591 Pope Innocent IX : 1591
Pope Clement VIII : 1592-1605 Pope Leo XI : 1605 Pope Paul V : 1605-1621 Pope Gregory XV : 1621-1623 Pope Urban VIII : 1623-1644
Pope Innocent X : 1644-1655 Pope Alexander VII: 1655-1667 Pope Clement IX : 1667-1669 Pope Clement X : 1670-1676 Pope Innocent XI : 1676-1689
Pope Alexander VIII: 1689-1691 Pope Innocent XII : 1691-1700 Pope Clement XI : 1700-1721 Pope Innocent XIII: 1721-1724 Pope Benedict XIII: 1724-1730
Pope Clement XII : 1730-1740 Pope Benedict XIV : 1740-1758 Pope Clement XIII: 1758-1769 Pope Clement XIV : 1769-1774 Pope Pius VI : 1775-1799
Pope Pius VII : 1800-1823 Pope Leo XII : 1823-1829 Pope Pius VIII : 1829-1830 Pope Gregory XVI : 1831-1846 Pope Pius IX : 1846-1878
Pope Leo XIII : 1878-1903 Pope Pius X : 1903-1914 Pope Benedict XV : 1914-1922 Pope Pius XI : 1922-1939 Pope Pius XII : 1939-1958
Pope John XXIII : 1958-1963 Pope Paul VI : 1963-1978 Pope John Paul I : 1978 Pope John Paul II : 1978-2005 Pope Benedict XVI : 2005-20??



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