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== Timeline == | == Timeline == | ||
* [[Saint Peter]] | * [[Saint Peter]] (1st Pope) | ||
: 'The pope is the anointed leader of the Holy Catholic Church and derives his authority from those who came before him all the way back to Saint Peter.' | : 'The pope is the anointed leader of the Holy Catholic Church and derives his authority from those who came before him all the way back to Saint Peter.' | ||
: 'Ah, yes, Peter. Very interesting man. A powerful speaker.' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Price of Conviction (short story)|The Price of Conviction]]'') | : 'Ah, yes, Peter. Very interesting man. A powerful speaker.' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Price of Conviction (short story)|The Price of Conviction]]'') | ||
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: "Pope Cosmas IX may be liberal in his relations with extraterrestrial faiths, but he is no fool, and some time ago he assigned me a watching brief to identify any such bodies which might pose a genuine threat to the Church." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[De Umbris Idearum (short story)|De Umbris Idearum]]'') | : "Pope Cosmas IX may be liberal in his relations with extraterrestrial faiths, but he is no fool, and some time ago he assigned me a watching brief to identify any such bodies which might pose a genuine threat to the Church." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[De Umbris Idearum (short story)|De Umbris Idearum]]'') | ||
* [[2649]]: [[Imogen Tantry|Beatrix II]], 314th Pope | * [[2649]]: [[Imogen Tantry|Beatrix II]], formerly Imogen Tantry (314th Pope) | ||
: "...in the Beatrician Crusade against the resurgent Mal’akh, the Pope would proclaim the Church’s duty to bring the Remote under its wing in her 2649 encyclical, ''De umbris idearum'' (‘On the Shadows of Ideas’)." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[De Umbris Idearum (short story)|De Umbris Idearum]]'') | : "...in the Beatrician Crusade against the resurgent Mal’akh, the Pope would proclaim the Church’s duty to bring the Remote under its wing in her 2649 encyclical, ''De umbris idearum'' (‘On the Shadows of Ideas’)." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[De Umbris Idearum (short story)|De Umbris Idearum]]'') | ||
: BEATRIX II, the 314th Pope of the original Roman Catholic Church and a significant figure in resurrected ecclesiastical politics, has been sanctioned by the Conclave of All Popes for her alleged connections with the Sons of Tepes crime cartel. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Hundred Words from a Civil War (short story)|A Hundred Words from a Civil War]]'') | : BEATRIX II, the 314th Pope of the original Roman Catholic Church and a significant figure in resurrected ecclesiastical politics, has been sanctioned by the Conclave of All Popes for her alleged connections with the Sons of Tepes crime cartel. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Hundred Words from a Civil War (short story)|A Hundred Words from a Civil War]]'') | ||
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* [[46th century|45XX]]: [[Saint Peter]] (clone) | * [[46th century|45XX]]: [[Saint Peter]] (clone) | ||
: "The clones weren't real clones, of course, and only tended to live an hour or two. It was real cutting edge stuff, banned by the Vatican. Not because the Pope had any real ethical objections (how could he, having himself been grown from one of St Peter's fingernails?) ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Paydirt (short story)|Paydirt]]'') | : "The clones weren't real clones, of course, and only tended to live an hour or two. It was real cutting edge stuff, banned by the Vatican. Not because the Pope had any real ethical objections (how could he, having himself been grown from one of St Peter's fingernails?) ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Paydirt (short story)|Paydirt]]'') | ||
* [[90th century|89XX]]: [[Ferox XXIV]] | |||
: "Behind her Mother Vittoria Cellini, envoy from one of the more jihad-prone 90th-century Popes, shrilly takes issue with Vril’s woolly pluralism." | |||
: "She wonders whether he is here with Mother Cellini. From what she remembers, Ferox XXIV would be just his kind of Pope." | |||
: ‘You’re working for the Church, still,’ Krisztina-Judit concludes. ‘But not for that crusading bastard Ferox.’ ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Of the City of the Saved... (novel)|Of the City of the Saved...]]'') | |||
* [[After Foundation|XX AF]]: Peter, formerly [[Pierre Teilhard de Chardin]] | |||
: "Human theologians since Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, now Pope Peter of the Human Catholic Church, have argued that humanity might one day evolve into God, achieving deity at its moment of greatest transcendence." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Of the City of the Saved... (novel)|Of the City of the Saved...]]'') | |||
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* [[Clement (Pope)|Clement]] | |||
: "The Doctor had been in many libraries - he had lent his reader's ticket for the British Museum to Marx, advised Pope Clement on the contents of the Vatican Library..." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Apocalypse (novel)|Timewyrm: Apocalypse]]'') | |||
== Alternate timelines == | == Alternate timelines == | ||
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: BILL: Doctor! Here's a tip. When I'm on a date, when that rare and special thing happens in my real life, do not, do not under any circumstances, put the Pope in my bedroom! | : BILL: Doctor! Here's a tip. When I'm on a date, when that rare and special thing happens in my real life, do not, do not under any circumstances, put the Pope in my bedroom! | ||
: ANGELO: Doctor! On behalf of every human soul in this world, of any creed, of any faith, with the utmost respect and in complete secrecy, His Holiness, the Pope, the Bishop of Rome, requests most urgently, a personal audience. ([[TV]]: ''[[Extremis (TV story)|Extremis]]'') | : ANGELO: Doctor! On behalf of every human soul in this world, of any creed, of any faith, with the utmost respect and in complete secrecy, His Holiness, the Pope, the Bishop of Rome, requests most urgently, a personal audience. ([[TV]]: ''[[Extremis (TV story)|Extremis]]'') | ||
