Professor Emerita & Chair in Medieval History, University of Cambridge, Dr Rosamond McKitterick, joins the show to discuss the formation of the papacy (office of the pope). Dr McKitterick is also a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College.
Some topics explored
- Jesus’ apostles and the Pentecost
- Peter and Paul ending up in Rome
- Paul becoming the first Bishop and why
- How long it’s believe Peter was in Rome, and why he was executed
- The changing attitudes to Christianity over time in Roman territories
- When it’s believed the Papacy, as an institution, formed
- Constantine’s conversion to Christianity (the first Roman emperor to do so)
- The congenial relationship between Roman Emperor Constantine & Pope Sylvester I
- The Catacombs
- Why the Catholic Church formed in Rome
- When the Catholic Church is clearly an established organization
- How governance operates in the Catholic church
- Different positions in the Catholic Church and their purposes
- The neologism of Saints and their relevance
- The process for which popes are selected
- The purpose of the papacy (the office of the pope)
- When the papacy grew its geographical auspices
- Papal decrees and canon law collections, legislation of the church
- What the office of the papacy may have been influenced by or modelled after
- Various Roman emperor’s relationship with the papacy over the years
- Secular royalty’s relationship (e.g., Charlemagne, Otto I) with the Pope over the years
Listen to the episode
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Show Notes
- Dr Rosamond McKitterick is the author of many publications including the authoring the monograph, Rome and the Invention of the Papacy (Cambridge University Press) and co-authoring the forthcoming book (May 2021), Codex Epistolaris Carolinus. Letters from the popes to the Frankish rulers 739-791 (Liverpool University Press)
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