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Antipope

A false claimant of the Holy See in opposition to a pontiff canonically elected. At various times in the history of the Church illegal pretenders to the Papal Chair have arisen, and frequently exercised pontifical functions in defiance of the true occupant.
14 posted on 09/02/2017 3:42:20 PM PDT by yuleeyahoo (Those are my principles, and if you do not like them...well I have others. - Groucho Marx)
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its humiliating what’s happening in the Catholic church....not that I’m a very good Catholic, but I want and need my Catholic church to be my foundation....but, we’re twisting in the wind.


19 posted on 09/02/2017 3:55:43 PM PDT by cherry
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