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Did the word Pope always refer to the Pope?
 
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jwalsh
04/17/09
Did the word Pope always refer to the Pope?
           
 
aseforlife
04/17/09
replied to: jwalsh
No, religious heads before the eleventh century were also called popes.
           
 
morri
04/17/09
replied to: aseforlife
It was reserved for the Bishop of Alexandria in the East but was later restricted for the Bishop of Rome by the religious heads at Constantinople