Antipope Natalius
This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Portuguese. (June 2017) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Natalius (c. 199 – c. 200) was a figure in early church history who is sometimes considered to be the first antipope of Rome.[1]
The only information about Natalius is a quote from an unnamed earlier writer by Eusebius,[2] telling of a 3rd-century priest who accepted the bishopric of the Adoptionists,[1] which was seen as a "heretical group" in Rome. Natalius soon repented and tearfully begged Pope Zephyrinus to receive him into communion.[3][4]
See also[]
- List of papal elections
- Papal conclave
- Papal selection before 1059
Notes[]
- ^ a b Dix, Gregory; Chadwick, Henry (2013). The Treatise on the Apostolic Tradition of St Hippolytus of Rome, Bishop and Martyr. Routledge. p. xvii. ISBN 9781136101465. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ Historia Ecclesiastica, V, 28
- ^ Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature: Zephyrinus
- ^ "Monarchians – Dynamists, or Adoptionists". Catholic Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2007.
Categories:
- Antipopes
- 2nd-century Romans
- 2nd-century antipopes
- Roman Catholic clergy stubs