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| | Mark Bonocore: Opening Statement |
 | | Indeed, to a Protestant, "a Pope" is generally seen as some pompous, autocratic dictator wearing splendid robes and a "pointy hat," who demands that all Christians bow to his decrees without question. |
 | | And anything more than that --such as the Popes princely manner or temporal (i.e., political) authority --is not intrinsic to the Papacy as Christ created it at all. |
 | | This custom your blessed bishop, Soter, has not only preserved, but is out-doing, by furnishing an abundance of supplies to the saints, and by urging with consoling words, as a loving father his children, the brethren who are journeying. |
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