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Bad Pope #1 - Octavian (Pope John XII) - 955 - 964 The Pope-King 1 - He [Alberic] died, and Octavian took his place as prince. A year later the reigning pope also died and the Romans, obedient to Alberic’s last command elected the 16 year old as pope. Thus, both offices were again combined in one person, causing a critical mass that must in time explode. 2 - On his coronation, young Octavian took the name John XII, establishing the enduring custom of a papal name. 3 - The military life was plainly not for him, and he returned to Rome and embarked upon a course of living that startled even the not particularly impressionable Romans. 4 - The return of temporal power to the papacy had again thrown the tiara to the mob. The factions, dormant for twenty years, rose again, and murder, arson, and rape returned to the streets as casual incidents of everyday life. 5 - John encouraged faction as much as his father suppressed it — a rowdy young noble striving to overtop the rowdiest of his compan...

The Council of Trent's "anathema" statements show us that canon 188.4 has NOTHING to do with a loss of clerical state. Once a priest, always a priest. Kurgan has avoided two simple yes/no questions that I have repeatedly asked him that prove this. So, to prove my position beyond the shadow of a doubt, I will add ten more questions to those for the kurgan to answer: YES or NO? 1 - Upon ordination, is a character imprinted on the priest/Bishop? 2 - Can an ordained priest ever become a layman? 3 - Is ordination a true sacrament, instituted by Jesus Christ Himself? 4 - is ordination just a human invention, with no divine properties? 5 - Is the Holy Spirit given to the Bishop at ordination? 6 - When the bishop says to a priest during ordination, “Receive the Holy Spirit”, does the priest actually receive the Holy Spirit? 7 - Can sacred ordination ever be invalidated? 8 - Are priests whose lives have been debased by crime still within the Church? 9 - Does a bishop or priest who...