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| | Informat.io on Antipope |
 | | An antipope is one who, in opposition to the generally recognized Pope, makes a widely accepted claim to be the lawful Pope. |
 | | The Catholic Encyclopedia also mentions a Natalius[1], before Hippolytus, as first antipope, who, according to Eusebius's EH5.28.8-12, quoting the Little Labyrinth of Hippolytus, after being "scourged all night by the holy angels", covered in ash, dressed in sackcloth, and "after some difficulty", tearfully submitted to Pope Zephyrinus. |
 | | Other schisms such as those of the Church of England, the Old Catholic Church and the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association were rejections of papal authority, not the setting up of a rival Pope. |
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