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Ecclesiastical title of the bishop of Rome, head of the Roman Catholic church.
In the early church, especially in the 3rd–5th century, it was a title of affectionate respect for any bishop. It is still used for the Eastern Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria and for Orthodox priests, but around the 9th century it came to be reserved in the West exclusively for the bishop of Rome. Catholic doctrine regards the pope as the successor of St. papacy , Roman Catholicism .
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Pope Alexander
Pope John