[376] I speak from personal recollection, being a professor in a seminary at the time. Leo went on to form a Biblical Commission, of which my liberal professor, Fr. David Fleming, became secretary. The first decision it was his duty to sign was that Moses was the author of the Pentateuch! For the later doubts and despair of Leo see the very interesting details in A. Houtin's La Question Biblique au XIX. siècle (2d ed., 1902) and La Question Biblique au XX. siècle (2d ed., 1906).

[377] In the Encyclopædia Britannica ("Leo XIII.") it is said that the Pope in 1902 advises the workers to turn aside from social zeal and concentrate on the interests of the Papacy. This seems to be inaccurate. His pronouncements of that year are of the same tenor as the Encyclical Graves de communi. See Sanctissimi D.N. Leonis XIII. Allocutiones, etc., vol. viii., pp. 65-78 and 181-2. The Americans have issued an English translation of the chief Encyclicals.

[LIST OF THE POPES][378]

Peter67
Linus67-79
Anacletus79-90
Clement90-99
Evaristus99-107
Alexander I.107-116
Sixtus I.116-125
Telesphorus125-136
Hyginus136-140
Pius I.140-154
Anicetus154-165
Soter165-174
Eleutherius174-189
Victor189-198
Zephyrinus198-217
Callistus I.217-222
Urban I. 222-230
Pontianus230-235
Anterus235-236
Fabian236-250
Corneliu251-253
Lucius I.253-254
Stephen I.254-257
Sixtus II.257-258
Dionysius259-268
Felix I.269-274
Eutychian275-283
Caius283-296
Marcellinus296-304
Marcellus308-309
Eusebius309
Melchiades311-314
Silvester I.314-335
Marcus336
Julius I.337-352
Liberius352-366
Damasus I.366-384
Siricius384-398
Anastasius I.398-401
Innocent I.402-417
Zozimus417-418
Boniface I.418-422
Celestine I.422-432
Sixtus III.432-440
Leo I.440-461
Hilarius461-468
Simplicius468-483
Felix II.483-492
Galasius I.492-496
Anastasius II.496-498
Symmachus498-514
Hormisdas514-523
John I.523-526
Felix III.526-530
Boniface II.530-532
John II.533-535
Agapetus I.535-536
Silverius536-538
Vigilius538-555
Pelagius I.556-561
John III.561-574
Benedict I.575-579
Pelagius II.579-590
Gregory I.590-604
Sabinianus604-606
Boniface III.607
Boniface IV.608-615
Deusdedit615-618
Boniface V.619-625
Honorius I.625-638
Severinus638-640
John IV.640-642
Theodore I.642-649
Martin I.649-655
Eugene I.654-657
Vitalian657-672
Adeodatus672-676
Donus676-678
Agatho678-681
Leo II.682-683
Benedict II.684-685
John V.685-686
Conon686-687
Sergius I.687-701
John VI.701-705
John VII.705-707
Sisinnius708
Constantine708-715
Gregory II.715-731
Gregory III.731-741
Zachary741-752
Stephen II.752
Stephen II. (III.)752-757
Paul I.757-767
Stephen III. (IV.)768-772
Hadrian I.772-795
Leo III.795-816
Stephen IV. (V.)816-817
Paschal I.817-824
Eugene II.824-827
Valentine827
Gregory IV.827-844
Sergius II.844-847
Leo IV.847-855
Benedict III.855-858
Nicholas I.858-867
Hadrian II.867-872
John VIII.872-882
Marinus I. (or Martin II.)882-884
Hadrian III.884-885
Stephen V. (VI.)885-891
Formosus891-896
Boniface VI. 896
Stephen VI. (VII.)896-897
Romanus897
Theodore II.897
John IX.898-900
Benedict IV.900-903
Leo V.903
Christopher903-904
Sergius III.904-911
Anastasius III.911-913
Lando913-914
John X.914-928
Leo VI.928
Stephen VII. (VIII.)928-931
John XI.931-936
Leo VII.936-939
Stephen VIII. (IX.)939-942
Marinus II. (Martin III.) 942-946
Agapetus II.946-955
John XII.955-964
Leo VIII.963-965
Benedict V.964-965
John XIII.965-972
Benedict VI.973-974
Benedict VII.974-983
John XIV.983-984
Boniface VII.984-985
John XV.985-986
Gregory V.986-996
John XVI.997-998
Silvester II.999-1003
John XVII.1003
John XVIII.1003-1009
Sergius IV.1009-1012
Benedict VIII.1012-1024
John XIX.1024-1032
Benedict IX.1032-1045
Gregory VI.1045-1046
Clement II.1046-1047
Damasus II.1048
Leo IX.1049-1054
Victor II.1055-1057
Stephen IX. (X.)1057-1058
Benedict X.1058-1059
Nicholas II.1059-1061
Alexander II.1061-1073
Gregory VII.1073-1085
Victor III.1087
Urban II.1088-1099
Paschal II.1099-1118
Gelasius II.1118-1119
Callistus II.1119-1124
Honorius II.1124-1130
Innocent II.1130-1143
Celestine II.1143-1144
Lucius II.1144-1145
Eugene III.1145-1153
Anastasius IV.1153-1154
Hadrian IV.1154-1159
Alexander III.1159-1181
Lucius III.1181-1185
Urban III.1185-1187
Gregory VIII.1187
Clement III.1187-1191
Celestine III.1191-1198
Innocent III.1198-1216
Honorius III.1216-1227
Gregory IX.1227-1241
Celestine IV.1241
Innocent IV.1243-1254
Alexander IV.1254-1261
Urban IV.1261-1264
Clement IV.1265-1268
Gregory X.1271-1276
Innocent V.1276
Hadrian V.1276
John XXI.[379]1276-1277
Nicholas III.1277-1280
Martin IV.1281-1285
Honorius IV.1285-1287
Nicholas IV.1288-1292
Celestine V.1294
Boniface VIII.1294-1303
Benedict XI.1303-1304
Clement V.1305-1314
John XXII.1316-1334
Benedict XII.1334-1342
Clement VI.1342-1352
Innocent VI.1352-1362
Urban V.1362-1370
Gregory XI.1370-1378
Urban VI.1378-1389
[Clement VII.]1378-1394
Boniface IX.1389-1404
[Benedict XIII.]1394-1424
Innocent VII.1404-1406
Gregory XII.1406-1415
Alexander V.1409-1410
John XXIII.1410-1415
Martin V.1417-1431
Eugene IV.1431-1447
Nicholas V.1447-1455
Callistus III.1455-1458
Pius II.1458-1464
Paul II.1464-1471
Sixtus IV.1471-1484
Innocent VIII.1484-1492
Alexander VI.1492-1503
Pius III.1503
Julius II.1503-1513
Leo X.1513-1521
Hadrian VI.1522-1523
Clement VII.1523-1534
Paul III.1534-1549
Julius III.1550-1555
Marcellus II.1555
Paul IV.1555-1559
Pius IV.1559-1565
Pius V.1566-1572
Gregory XIII.1572-1585
Sixtus V.1585-1590
Urban VII.1590
Gregory XIV.1590-1591
Innocent IX.1591
Clement VIII.1592-1605
Leo XI.1605
Paul V.1605-1621
Gregory XV.1621-1623
Urban VIII.1623-1644
Innocent X.1644-1655
Alexander VII.1655-1667
Clement IX.1667-1669
Clement X.1670-1676
Innocent XI.1676-1689
Alexander VIII.1689-1691
Innocent XII.1691-1700
Clement XI.1700-1721
Innocent XIII.1721-1724
Benedict XIII.1724-1730
Clement XII.1730-1740
Benedict XIV.1740-1758
Clement XIII.1758-1769
Clement XIV.1769-1774
Pius VI.1775-1799
Pius VII.1800-1823
Leo XII.1823-1829
Pius VIII.1829-1830
Gregory XVI.1831-1846
Pius IX.1846-1878
Leo XIII.1878-1903
Pius X.1903-1914
Benedict XV. 1914-

FOOTNOTES:

[378] I include Peter, as is usual, though it must be recalled that no writer calls him "bishop" of Rome until the third century, and it cannot be regarded as proved that he ever visited Rome. The date of his death, and the succeeding dates until the third century, and many later, are conjectural and disputed.

[379] On account of some confusion in mediæval chronicles, a spurious "John XV." was inserted in the list of Popes. Hence John XXI. was really John XX., but the names of the later Popes are so fixed that it seems better, as is usually the case, to skip from John XIX. to John XX.

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