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| | In the early centuries of Christianity, the title of Father (Greek ''pappas, papa, pape'' "''pap-eh''") was applied, especially in the east, to all bishops and other senior clergy<ref>"Pope", Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, Oxford University Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0-19-280290-3</ref>, and later became reserved in the west to the Bishop of Rome, a reservation made official only in the 11th century<ref>See the following five sources: | | In the early centuries of Christianity, the title of Father (Greek ''pappas, papa, pape'' "''pap-eh''") was applied, especially in the east, to all bishops and other senior clergy<ref>"Pope", Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, Oxford University Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0-19-280290-3</ref>, and later became reserved in the west to the Bishop of Rome, a reservation made official only in the 11th century<ref>See the following five sources: |
| − | | + | *Elwell, Walter A. (2001). ''Evangelical Dictionary of Theology''. Baker Academic. p. 888. ISBN 9780801020759. Retrieved 18 February 2013. |
| − | Elwell, Walter A. (2001). ''Evangelical Dictionary of Theology''. Baker Academic. p. 888. ISBN 9780801020759. Retrieved 18 February 2013. | + | *Greer, Thomas H.; Gavin Lewis (2004). A Brief History of the Western World. Cengage Learning. p. 172. ISBN 9780534642365. Retrieved 18 February 2013. |
| − | | + | *Mazza, Enrico (2004). The Eucharistic Prayers of the Roman Rite. Liturgical Press. p. 63. ISBN 9780814660782. Retrieved 18 February 2013. |
| − | Greer, Thomas H.; Gavin Lewis (2004). A Brief History of the Western World. Cengage Learning. p. 172. ISBN 9780534642365. Retrieved 18 February 2013. | + | *O'Malley, John W. (2009). A History of the Popes. Government Institutes. p. xv. ISBN 9781580512275. Retrieved 18 February 2013. |
| − | | + | *Schatz, Klaus (1996). Papal Primacy. Liturgical Press. pp. 28–29. ISBN 9780814655221. Retrieved 18 February 2013.</ref>. The earliest record of the use of this title was in regard to the by then deceased Patriarch of Alexandria, Pope Heraclas of Alexandria (232–248)<ref>Eusebius, Historia Ecclesiastica Book VII, chapter 7.7</ref>. The earliest recorded use of the title "pope" in English dates to the mid-10th century, when it was used in reference to Pope Vitalian in an Old English translation of Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum<ref>"pope, n.1". OED Online. September 2011. Oxford University Press. 21 November 2011</ref>. |
| − | Mazza, Enrico (2004). The Eucharistic Prayers of the Roman Rite. Liturgical Press. p. 63. ISBN 9780814660782. Retrieved 18 February 2013. | |
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| − | O'Malley, John W. (2009). A History of the Popes. Government Institutes. p. xv. ISBN 9781580512275. Retrieved 18 February 2013. | |
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| − | Schatz, Klaus (1996). Papal Primacy. Liturgical Press. pp. 28–29. ISBN 9780814655221. Retrieved 18 February 2013.</ref>. The earliest record of the use of this title was in regard to the by then deceased Patriarch of Alexandria, Pope Heraclas of Alexandria (232–248)<ref>Eusebius, Historia Ecclesiastica Book VII, chapter 7.7</ref>. The earliest recorded use of the title "pope" in English dates to the mid-10th century, when it was used in reference to Pope Vitalian in an Old English translation of Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum<ref>"pope, n.1". OED Online. September 2011. Oxford University Press. 21 November 2011</ref>. | |
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