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5 of the Most Scandalous Popes in History

For centuries the papacy was considered the highest office in Christendom; even Kings bowed to the Pope. Unfortunately many popes throughout history have abused their powers committing heinous acts ranging from sexual dalliances to murder. ...

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The Van Eyck Cryptogram

According to the Dutch scholar and artist Peter Voorn, the famous Ghent Altarpiece - also known as the Mystic Lamb - painted by Flemish Primitives Jan and Hubert Van Eyck is filled with crypto-iconography...

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Sedevacantism

Sedevacantism, derived from the Latin sede vacante or "empty chair," is the subset of Radical Traditionalist Catholicism which holds that the popes since Pius XII are illegitimate, that is, they are antipopes....

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Antipope

An antipope is a pretender to the Chair of Peter. Although there have been rival claimants to the papacy throughout history, the most famous antipopes are those of the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. During most of the twelfth century...

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