FEB. 28: THE RISE OF THE PAPACY
Apostolic Authority: Peter and Paul

"I give you the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven":

Secrets of the Vatican revealed: the Tomb of St. Peter
Pope Sylvester and the legendary conversion of Constantine:

Forgery: the Donation of Constantine
Papal patronage and the cult of relics: Pope Paschal I (817-824) and the church of St. Praxedes
Pope Gregory the Great:

Problems of the Papacy: the pope's refuge at Castel Sant'Angelo


Papal Authority in Feudal Europe:
