Talk:Pope Zosimus

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[edit] NPOV

It seems to me that this excerpt is not particularly NPOV:

"Thus, finally, the occupant of the Apostolic See at the right moment maintained with all authority the traditional dogma of the Church, and protected the truth of the Church against error."

Sounds like this comes from a book of Catholic "propaganda" (it's a direct quote from the old Catholic Encyclopedia article, in fact)

I've not changed it yet myself, but perhaps more experienced wikipedians might get involved? -- sk4p 23 jan 2006

I agree with you. It seems like the whole of the early Popes who are called saints may well be of dubious historicity. I guess someone should look into other less complimentary information about the early popes.Johnor 10:33, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

I changed the line to read "Thus the occupant of the Apostolic See protected the traditional dogma of the Church." This seems better to me, so I removed the disclaimer. Niasain 22:31, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

I just came across this, and it still feels NPOV to me. I think this sentence would be best left out completely; moreover, I don't think its accurate anyway as St Augustine was the first Patrician to extensively write on grace. Carl.bunderson 23:04, 2 May 2006 (UTC)