
Bonus 55: Peter, Paul, and Clement with Popeular History
History in the Bible
Linus and the Pope
Irenaeus is the earliest testimony on this actual listing of the bishops of Rome. He gives Linus as a, he's generally the winner as far as the modern interpretation goes. If you're the Catholic church, you're going to pick one, right, and go with it? For a very long time, they seem like they mostly picked Clement. And then I can't remember if he calls him Cletus or Anacletus or anacletus - but there's a puddle and Anan Cletus. There's a little bit of contention about that, isn't it? Yes, a lot, a lots, a bit, a bit of contention.
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