1. It was originally simply the Bishop of Rome.

2. He is also, and first of all, the bishop of Rome and, for Eastern Christians, the patriarch of the West.

3. The Bishop of Rome hath no jurisdiction in this realm of England.

4. But a lot of Christians in Rome,the Bishop of Rome, a lot of other people,considered Marcion a heretic for this.

5. The Bishop of Rome hath no jurisdiction in this Realm of England.

6. The Pope is the Bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church on Earth.

7. In 137 AD the Bishop of Rome ordered the birthday of the Christ Child celebrated as a solemn feast.

8. Cyprian carried on a bitter controversy with Stephen, bishop of Rome(/bishop of rome.html), on this issue.

9. In 350 AD another Bishop of Rome, Julius I, choose December 25th as the observance of Christmas.

10. Likewise,the Bishop of Rome was important, and there was struggling among different major bishoprics about which one would be leading.

11. The real recognition of the Bishop of Rome as sort of the Pope, in the way we think of it, that actually develops in the Middle Ages.

12. The bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church on earth.

13. And subsequent tradition, aposteriori, will proclaim Simon Peter the first Bishop of Rome and the founder of the papacy.

14. It is said: the first Christmas in the year 138, by the Bishop of Rome, St.

15. They purport to be the writings of Clement, the first bishop of Rome, ie -- the first Catholic Pope appointed by Peter.

16. There is no emperor on the throne in the city of Rome any more. Instead the Bishop of Rome sits on the throne and rules over both the church and the government.

17. Pope Leo I maintained that Peter continues to speak to the whole church through the bishop of Rome, the first known such claim.

18. From the 7 century on, the Pope was not only bishop of Rome but also the civil ruler in Rome and the surrounding area.