When did Popes start taking a new name upon their ascendancy? Who was the first Pope to take a Papal name and how long was it until they all stated doing that?
>INB4 some Protestant shithead whines about his Babylonian /x/-tier shitposting
Go fuck yourself, this has nothing to do with Catholic theology just a tradition among its chief clergy. You will never convince anyone of your side with your historically-innacurate shitposting and garbage exegesis.
>inb4 Constantine
Nor is this about Papal Supremacy or some other doctrinal contention point. Remember the current Patriarch of Constantinople was born Dimitrios Arhondonis so you guys have your own little tradition of this too. And if it intersects with ours, I'd love to hear it. If not, I'd still like to hear it.
>>1131194
Go read the prophecy of the popes about the Malachy prophecies and come back when you're a little older and a little wiser, shithead.
>>1131205
>Go read the prophecy of the popes about the Malachy prophecies
That debunked crap formulated long after Malachy died by a 1500's bishop trying to make his bid for the papacy be predestined by God?
Kek.
bumping for interest
I looked at the list on wikipedia. It was John II, who was named Mercurio and didn't want to bear the name of a Roman god as a pope.
Reigned between 533 and 535.
John III (561-574), or Catelinus was the second.
But it only became common at the end of the 10th century, after the fourth or fifth case.
>>1132034
Interesting.
So there's no religious motivation behind that at all? Could a pope keep his name?
>implying the catholic church was anything but a hijacking of the christian belief system by Rome as a way of uniting the empire and maintaining their power over the populace
>>1133600
>So there's no religious motivation behind that at all?
I suppose it could hearken back to St. Peter the first pope. His name was changed, but there's no mandate for a bishop to change his name upon ascension to the papacy
>Could a pope keep his name?
Yes
>>1131194
Don't they usually keep their old names as well?
I mean, Benedict was Ratzinger and we call him Ratzinger despite the popename.
