damasus i is considered to be the first pope of the christian church.
who is considered to be the first pope of the christian church?
damasus i
refers to a mark, son of peter, which was named cefa as the first pope of the early christian church. it isn't yet acclared if peter had a marriage and a son named mark. the byzantine tradition believes that mark the apostle and the evangelist was an idolatre born in pentapolis, converted to christianism by st. peter who followed in rome. 





















































we don't know if the mark of 1 peter 5:13 can be identified with mark the apostle and the evangelist. mark is linked to babylon through the lion's iconography and the prophet ezekiel:
clerical celibacy
pope john paul i was the first pope to abandon coronation, and he was also the first pope to choose a double name (john paul) for his papal name. his successor, cardinal karol jozef wojtyła, chose the same name. he was the first pope to have a papal inauguration and the last pope to use the "sedia gestatoria". he is the first pope born in the 20th century, and the last pope to die in the 20th century.





















































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section::::legacy.:views of successors.:john paul ii.
pope john paul i