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kepha31 said:The catacombs of St. Callixtus are among the greatest and most important of Rome.
They originated about the middle of the second century and are part of a cemeterial complex which occupies an area of 90 acres, with a network of galleries about 12 miles long, in four levels, more than twenty meters deep.
In it were buried tens of martyrs, 16 popes and very many Christians.
They were buried, Bibliocentrist, Emperors were cremated. You want it both ways.
The catacombs of St.Callixtus are among the greatest and most important of Rome. They originated about the middle of the second century and are part of a cemeterial complex. In it were buried tens of martyrs, 16 popes and very many Christians.
They are named after the deacon Callixtus who, at the beginning of the third century, was appointed by pope Zephyrinus as the administrator of the cemetery and so the catacombs of St.Callixtus became the official cemetery of the Church of Rome.
In the open area are two small basilicas with three apses, known as the "Trichorae". In the Eastern one were perhaps laid to rest pope Zephyrinus and the young martyr of the Eucharist, St.Tarcisius.
The underground cemetery includes several areas. The Crypts of Lucina and the area of the Popes and of St.Cecilia are the most ancient areas.
http://www.catacombe.roma.it/en/index.php
According to my research/evidence, "bishop/pope Zephyrinus 199-217" = contemp emperor Severus 193/198-211; and "pope/bishop/deacon/saint/administrator Callistus/Cal(l)ixtus 217-222" = contemp emperor Caracalla 198/211-217. (And "Antipope Hippolytus" 217-236 = emperor Heliogabalus 218-222. Other popes & emperors before and after also match. Can't be concidence that so many match all in order.)
Unfortunately the stories of the popes/bishops are far too long for me to collect more details matches evidences. (Most church literature is like that, many pages long, like the Saints lives.) Anyone that isn't convinced that i have given enough quality/quantity evidence can study the popes & emperors biographies for more details matches evidences themselves. I simply don't have the time etc, and i only have dialup.
I'll check out the catacombs info, but so far it has hitherto seemed (and still seems) that there is no real hard evidence of the early popes/bishops names/persons and their alledged martyrdoms & burials (while there is evidence that they match emperors). There is no denying that many christians other than the supposed popes/bishops were persectued/martyred.
Caracalla is said to be notorious for massacres and persecutions, so that might link with the catacombs of "Callistus". Severus is reputed to have persecuted christians too.
It can not be coincidence that the earliest 46+ popes names & dates/orders etc are all very similar to the emperors. And it doesn't seem likely that there were lots of times with two prominent people in same city at same time with very similar names etc. It is possible the fakes adopted a similar name of one of the commoner christian martyrs, like someone taking the name of a person they defeated, or like wearing horns of a bull defeated.
Hopefully i will be quiting this by sometime this week if i am able to get to do the other more important things i need/want to do.
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Some possible origins of name Pope/Papa include:
pontiffex maximus? pater (mithraism)? prince of peace? poppo (Damasus II, 1048)? call no man father/Abba? Poppaea 2nd wife Nero? Popinarii (tavern keepers, Caracalla)?
When they came up with the fake early popes list is difficult to tell with scanty resources. But John in 'Revelation' mentions fake apostles, Nicolatines 1, synagogue of Satan, Balaam, Nicolatines 2, Jezebel, depths of Satan, defiled garments, synagogue of Satan 2, Laodiceans.
On the rock and keys of Matthew 16 i am wondering if there is a connection with the following bible verses. (I found this by wondering what tribe Simon Peter was and what tribe he might represent. Though these may be Jesus not Peter.)
49:22-26 "Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall. The archers have sorely grieved him, shot at him, and persecute him: But his bow remained strong. The arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel), even by the God of your father, who will help you; by the Almighty, who will bless you, with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb. The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of your ancestors, above the boundaries of the ancient hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers.
Deut 33:13-17 Of Joseph he said, His land is blessed by Yhwh, for the precious things of the heavens, for the dew, for the deep that couches beneath, for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, for the precious things of the growth of the moons, for the chief things of the ancient mountains, for the precious things of the everlasting hills, for the precious things of the earth and its fullness, the good will of him who lived in the bush. Let [the blessing] come on the head of Joseph, On the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers. The firstborn of his herd, majesty is his. His horns are the horns of the wild ox. With them he shall push the peoples all of them, [even] the ends of the earth: They are the ten thousands of Ephraim. They are the thousands of Manasseh.
Gen 48:5 Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, will be mine.
Gen 48:19 His father refused, and said, "I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a multitude of nations."
1 Chron 5:1-2 The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn; but, because he defiled his father's couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and of him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph's:)
31:9 They shall come with weeping; and with petitions will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.