Comments on: Two Popes, One Cap: The Strange Story of How There Came to be Two Popes

By: My hmphs

My hmphs — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:05:00 +0000

As my high school history teacher used to say, “One pope excommunicated the other, and all of Europe was going to hell!”

By: Allison

Allison — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:43:00 +0000

Two popes, one cap…. ewwwwwwww.

Yeah, I’d thought that the Great Schism was something else, too. Ah, well.

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 08:21:00 +0000

Just something I always wondered…if the Pope and the Antipope shook hands, would they explode?

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:47:00 +0000

Like Adam, I also thought that the Great Schism referred to the splitting of the eastern and western churches. According to my handy Catholic Encyclopedia, both events are sometimes referred to as “The Great Schism.” The first is called The Great East-West Schism,” while the Clementine schism is variously referred to as “The Great Schism of the Western Church,” or “The Great Schism of the Papacy.”

By: Billy

Billy — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:10:00 +0000

“Meanwhile, England, Hungry and the Holy Roman Empire were all about Urban. It was a big standoff”

I bet England was hungry, their food sucks….believe you meant Hungary

By: Archit

Archit — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:47:00 +0000

why would every American need to know what the pope’s name is? not every american is catholic/christian.

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:28:00 +0000

I was under the impression that the “great schism” was the schism of 1089 that split the Church between the eastern and western Churches.

That one, of course, still hasn’t been resolved to this day.

By: taylor

taylor — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:39:00 +0000

For those interested in more papal lore, the book “Pope Joan” is an interesting read.