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	Pope Vigilius
		Vigilius was chosen by Pope Boniface II as his successor, but the opposition to such a procedure led Boniface in the following year to withdraw his designation of a successor and to burn the decree respecting it.
		Owing to the pressure exerted by the Byzantine commander, Vigilius was elected pope in place of Silverius and consecrated and enthroned on March 29, 537.
		In both letters the pope supports positively the Synods of Ephesus and Chalcedon, and the decisions of his predecessor Pope Leo I, and throughout approves of the deposition of the Patriarch Anthimus.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/po/Pope_Vigilius.html (400 words)

	Pope Vigilius
		Vigilius entered the service of the Roman Church and was a deacon in 531, in which year the Roman clergy agreed to a Decree empowering the pope to determine the succession to the Papal See.
		Vigilius was chosen by Boniface II as his successor, and presented to the clergy assembled in St. Peter's.
		Vigilius brought it about that the unjustly deposed Silverius was put into his keeping where the late pope soon died from the harsh treatment he received.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/v/vigilius,pope.html (1254 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Pope Vigilius
		Vigilius entered the service of the Roman Church and was ordained a deacon in 531, in which year the Roman clergy agreed to a decree empowering the pope to determine the succession to the Papal See.
		Vigilius was chosen by Pope Boniface II as his successor, and presented to the clergy assembled in St.
		Vigilius brought it about that the deposed Silverius was put into his keeping where the late pope soon died from the harsh treatment he received.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Pope_Vigilius (1312 words)

	Pope Silverius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Silverius, pope (536 - 537), was a legitimate son of Pope Hormisdas, born before his father entered the priesthood.
		According to the Liber Pontificalis, Pope St. Silverius was exiled not to Ventotene, but rather to the Palmarola, where he died a couple of months later, on June 20, 537.
		Pope Silverius was later Beatified and made into a Saint and is now the patron saint of the island of Ponza, Italy (Isola Di Ponza, Italia).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pope_Silverius (344 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Vigilius
		Vigilius was chosen by Boniface II as his successor, and presented to the clergy assembled in St.
		Vigilius was recognized as pope by all the Roman clergy.
		Vigilius appears to be exaggerated, but the manner of his elevation to the See of Rome was not regular.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15427b.htm (1059 words)

	Vigilius Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Pope Vigilius (died 555), whose pontificate lasted from 537 to 555, schemed as a deacon to become pope, only to suffer more pains for his ambitions than personal rewards.
		Pope Vigilius, who reigned as pope from 537 to 555, was descended from a Roman family of distinction.
		Vigilius is said to have agreed to intervene on behalf of the Monophysites.
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	Pope Vigilius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Vigilius was chosen by Pope Boniface II as his successor, but the opposition to such a procedure led Boniface in the following year to withdraw his designation of a successor and to burn the decree respecting it.
		Owing to the pressure exerted by the Byzantine commander, Vigilius was elected pope in place of Silverius and consecrated and enthroned on March 29, 537.
		In both letters the pope supports positively the Synods of Ephesus and Chalcedon, and the decisions of his predecessor Pope Leo I, and throughout approves of the deposition of the Patriarch Anthimus.
	nba.servegame.org /en/Vigilius.htm (407 words)

	A History of the General Councils - AD 325 through AD 1870 - Mgr. Philip Hughes
		The pope was summoned to the palace of Belisarius, accused of intrigues to deliver the city to the Goths, declared to be deposed, stripped of his insignia and, clad in a monk's dress, hurried off to Greece.
		As Vigilius was celebrating the feast of St. Cecilia, November 22, 545, in the church that is her shrine, he was kidnapped, hurried the few yards down to the Tiber and a waiting ship, thence to Ostia and the open sea, and so to Sicily.
		Vigilius retorted with strength, by publishing the deposition of Theodore Askidas from his see, and an excommunication of all who had signed the emperor's Declaration of Faith, the patriarch of Constantinople notably.
	www.christusrex.org /www1/CDHN/coun6.html (8832 words)

	Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the Principal ...
		Pope Agapetus was then at Constantinople, having presided at the council there which dealt with the case of Anthimus, and himself consecrated Mennas.
		On Sept. 13, 540, pope Vigilius wrote to Mennas and to the emperor Justinian, by the hands of Dominicus the patrician.
		It was in the midst of the angry discussions about the "Three Chapters." Mennas had signed the declaration of faith addressed to pope Vigilius by Theodore of Corsaria and others to satisfy his protests and to preserve the peace of the church.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/wace/biodict.html?term=Mennas (463 words)

	Rejection of Pascal's Wager: Popes Throughout History
		Vigilius was promised the post by the monophysite empress Theodora in exchange for supporting the reinstatement the one of her pawns, Antimus as patriarch.
		Vigilius was also well known for his involvement in what became known as "The Three Chapters Controversy." The Emperor Justinian, in his effort to win over the monophysites, condemned as heretical the "Three Chapters": which stands for the Christological speculations and teachings of Theodore of Mopsuestia (d.428), Theodoret of Cyrrhus (d.
		Pope Alexander III (in office 1159-1181) had the dubious distinction of being one of the first popes to order the use of force against heresies.
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	Expert Answer Forum
		It is can be safely concluded that Vigilius became pope in 537 AD for the simple reason that his predecessor, Pope St. Silverius, was arrested on false charges of treason in March of 537.
		Pope Vigilius was then elected pope in Silverius' absence.
		However, Pope Vigilius, with the aid and approval of Empress Theodora, arranged to have Pope Silverius forcibly confined to the island of Palmaria in the Tyrrhenian Sea, near Italy.
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	Under Vigilius Constantinople-2
		The emperor Justinian and Pope Vigilius decided to summon this council after the latter withdrew his "Judgment" condemning the "Three Chapters" of Theodore of Mopsuestia, Theodoret and Ibas.
		On 14 May 553 Pope Vigilius issued his "Constitution", which was signed by 16 bishops (9 from Italy, 2 from Africa, 2 from Illyricum and 3 from Asia Minor).
		Vigilius was frequently invited by us all, and most distinguished judges were sent to him by the most pious emperor.
	www.ewtn.com /library/COUNCILS/CONSTAN2.HTM (4053 words)

	SILVERIUS - LoveToKnow Article on SILVERIUS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		, pope from June 536 to March 537, successor of Pope Agapetus I., was a legitimate son of Pope Hormisdas, born before his father entered the priesthood.
		He was deposed accordingly by Belisarius in March 537 on a charge of treasonable correspondence with the Goths, and degfaded to the rank of monk.
		He went to Constantinople, and Justinian, who entertained his complaint, sent him back to Rome, but Vigilius was ultimately able to banish his rival to Pandataria, where the rest of his life was spent in obscurity.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SI/SILVERIUS.htm (164 words)

	Pope Vigilius - Definition, explanation
		He belonged to a distinguished Roman family; his father Johannes is called consul, having received that title from the emperor; his brother Reparatus, was a senator.
		Empress Theodora sought to win him as a confederate, to revenge the deposition of the Monophysite Patriarch of Constantinople Anthimus, and also to gain aid for her efforts on behalf of the Monophysites.
		Vigilius reached Constantinople about the end of 546 or in January, 547.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/p/po/pope_vigilius.php (425 words)

	Kolbe's Greatest Books: What is an Encyclical, Rescripts, Moto Propio, Bull, Allocution
		When the pope defines truth concerning faith and morals, and clearly states that he is speaking with his full papal authority to the entire universal church, with the express purpose of defining a particular matter, his teaching is held to be infallible.
		That is, a pope might speak infallibly many times every day, but if these utterances are mere repetitions, no matter how unique, of previous truths already defined by the Church, he is said to speaking infallibly by virtue of the ordinary teaching magesterium attached to his office.
		Vigilius, who had his eyes on the papal throne, met in secret with the empress and agreed to enforce her heretical beliefs and restore the deposed bishop if she would back him for papal election.
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	Of The Election Of The Pope; And Of Such As Have Usurped The Chair
		Among these are particularly numbered the two popes named, Felix, both of whom were exalted to papal dignity, and put in their office by Arian Kings, who ruled Italy, and consequently, also the city of Rome; the one by Constantius,* the other by Theodoric, both of whom belonged to the Arian sect.
		After the death of Pope Nicholas I (the 108th in the Register), information is obtained from Platina, according to the account of various other authors, relative to the condition of the Roman church at that time; namely, that she had no pope or head for eight years, seven months and nine days.
		Concerning the apostasy of Pope Anastasius II to the tenets of Achacius, bishop of Constantinople, and, consequently.
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	All Ecumenical Councils - All the Decrees
		Third Council of Constantinople (680-681), under Pope Agatho and the Emperor Constantine Pogonatus, was attended by the Patriarchs of Constantinople and of Antioch, 174 bishops, and the emperor.
		Council of Basle (1431), Eugene IV being pope, and Sigismund Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
		Quarrels with the pope having arisen, the council was transferred first to Ferrara (1438), then to Florence (1439), where a short-lived union with the Greek Church was effected, the Greeks accepting the council's definition of controverted points.
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	Vigilius -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		pope from 537 to 555, known for his major role in what later was called the “Three Chapters Controversy,” a complex theological dispute between the Eastern and Western churches.
		Vigilius, of noble birth, became a Roman deacon and was with Pope St. Agapetus I during the latter's unsuccessful mission in March 536 to Constantinople to deter the Byzantine…
		Italian pope from 536 to 537, a victim of the intrigues of the Byzantine empress Theodora.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9075328 (322 words)

	Pope Pelagius I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		His father, John, seems to have been vicar of one of the two civil "dioceses", or districts, into which Italy was then divided.
		Pelagius accompanied Pope Agapitus I to Constantinople, and was appointed by him nuncio of the Roman Church to that city.
		When Pope Vigilius went to Constantinople on the orders of Emperor Justinian I, Pelagius stayed in Rome as the pope's representative.
	www.theezine.net /p/pope-pelagius-i.html (242 words)

	The (Iglesia Ni Cristo/Church of Christ) Doctrines
		The chief instances usually appealed to are those of Popes Liberius, Honorius, and Vigilius in the early centuries, and the Galileo affair at the beginning of the seventeenth century.
		The all-important circumstance should be added that the pope so acted under pressure of a very cruel coercion, which at once deprives his action of any claim to be considered ex cathedra, and that he himself, as soon as he had recovered his liberty, made amends for the moral weakness he had been guilty of.
		The charge against Pope Honorius is a double one: that, when appealed to in the Monothelite controversy, he actually taught the Monothelite heresy in his two letters to Sergius; and that he was condemned as a heretic by the Sixth Ecumenical Council, the decrees of which were approved by Leo II.
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	Can the Pope Retire?
		Pope St. Pontian was martyred in 236 (237), either from ill treatment in general or from a mortal beating.
		Pope Sylvester III was consecrated on Jan. 20, 1045.
		Pope Gregory XII (1406 — 1415) was elected as the legitimate pope at a time when there were two anti-popes: The Avignon Pope, Benedict XIII, who was supported by the French king; and the Pisa Pope, John XXIII, who was supported by conciliarists of the renegade Council of Pisa.
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	AllRefer.com - Vigilius (Roman Catholic Popes And Antipopes) - Encyclopedia
		Empress Theodora exiled Silverius and made Vigilius pope in the expectation that he would compromise with the Monophysites.
		Vigilius at first resisted coercion, refusing to condemn the Three Chapters in the quarrel over Monophysitism.
		Emperor Justinian forced him to come to Constantinople, where he eventually consented to their condemnation by the Second Council of Constantinople, provided that the canons of the Council of Chalcedon would not be thereby discredited.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/V/Vigilius.html (226 words)

	1260 days in prophecy, focus on the beginning
		We noted that the pope was taken prisoner in 1798 re1305b near the end of the French Revolution.
		After the death of this predecessor Vigilius was recognized as pope by all the Roman clergy." Catholic Encyclopedia, 1914, article, "Pope Vigilius." http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/.
		We should add that Vigilius did not have a peaceful reign as pope and for much of the time was in the city.
	www.bibleexplained.com /revelation/r-seg11-12/r11h-1260.html (486 words)

	SanSilverioShrine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		There was strong opposition from Vigilius, a deacon, who had a burning desire to become pope and his supporter, Theodora, an empress.
		She wrote to Pope Silverio saying that the church in the Eastern Empire was in chaos and asked if he would come to restore order.
		Pope Silverio refused her proposal to go to Constantinople, and said that he could not reassign Anthemis to office because he had been declared a heretic by the church.
	sansilverioshrine.org /silveriohistory.html (502 words)

	Pope Vigilius
		He was originally selected as successor by Pope Boniface II (530-532); however, the request was withdrawn and destroyed by pressure of the bishops.
		After Pope Silverius (536-537) was deposed by general Belisarius, Vigilius was setup as pope by Empress Theodora, who he apparently paid a bribe of 770 lbs of gold.
		When he heard that Silverius received approval from the emperor for a new trial on his treason charge, Vigilius had him captured and imprisoned on the island of Palmarola where he starved to death.
	www.archelaos.com /popes/details.aspx?id=66 (132 words)

	The Fifth Ecumenical Council--The Second Council Of Constantinople
		In accordance with the imperial command, but without the assent of the Pope, the synod was opened on the 5th of May A.D. 553, in the Secretarium of the Cathedral Church at Constantinople.
		At length the Pope publicly withdraws his "Judicatum." While the Council is sitting at Constantinople he publishes his "Constitutum," in which he condemns certain propositions of Theodore, but spares his person; the same respecting Theodoret; but with respect to Ibas, he declares that his letter was pronounced orthodox by the Council of Chalcedon.
		At last the Pope Vigilius resigned himself to the advice of the Council, and six months afterwards wrote a letter to the Patriarch Eutychius, wherein he confesses that he has been wanting in charity in dividing from his brethren.
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