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Right - I seem to recall reading something that supports that. Of course, the whole culture of the era offers a host of reasons both men would wind up in
Rome (it seems almost inevitable at some level). Having both Peter and Paul die in Rome and being able to lay claim to their relics seems to have been a
factor in Rome's "primacy" or honored position (as described by the Council of Chalcedon - or was it Ephesus?).
I've always found it curious that Paul seems to have faded into the background by the third century, at least as far as a "player" in Roman primacy and
(apparently) even pilgrimage. St. Paul Outside the Walls (from what I can tell) is one of the least visited of the four major basilicas and dramatically less
visited than St. Peter's. When I took a group in 2004 the Roman guide was almost incredulous when I asked that he take us down to St. Paul's.
Apparently, virtually no one ever asks to go down there and there were maybe two dozen people in the basilica during the time we were there - and 15 of
those was my group.
I wonder how much the neglect of the idea of the Pope as successor to Peter and Paul has to do with the difficulty of ascribing episcopal characteristics to
Paul and the fact that Paul's claim to being an Apostle is (or seems to be) different than that of Peter's?
George the Less
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:14:45 +0100, John Briggs wrote:
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>George R. Hoelzeman wrote:
>>
>> Something else - I seem to recall that Irenaeus makes Linus, et al,
>> successors of St. Peter AND St. Paul. . .
>Which may explain why Rome has primacy over Antioch...
>John Briggs
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