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Title: Too many threads
Review: Did a woman ever become Pope under false pretenses? Peter Stanford says it happened. And I may even concur with his assessment of the historical evidence. Given the darkness of the age, anything is possible.What is on to make of it? Not much, I'm afraid. The problems start when the author wants to use this factoid to discuss deeper issues involving the Catholic Church: The pretension of direct descent from Christ, the role of tradition, the role of women. All of these subjects are best discussed on their merits, not through the distorting lens of the reception history of a woman Pope.Good in flight entertainment. Several factual errors...
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