Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: dhosek@sif.claremont.edu (Hosek, Donald A.) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Names of Popes Message-ID: Date: 29 Jul 90 17:45:52 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Harvey Mudd College Lines: 20 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , carter@huey.css.gov (Sam Carter) writes... >In a recent discussion with some of my friends, I remarked that there >have been no popes named Peter other that Peter himself. None of us >knew why this to be true. Is there an edict against a pope selecting >the name Peter or is it just tradition that no one has or will select >that name? Whoa. I was just thinking the same thing myself earlier this evening. I know of no edict prohibiting the choice of that name, I think it's largely tradition and a certain degree of humbleness. It would be quite a challenge to live up to the name, after all. -dh --- Don Hosek TeX, LaTeX, and Metafont Consulting and dhosek@ymir.claremont.edu production work. Free Estimates. dhosek@ymir.bitnet uunet!jarthur!ymir Phone: 714-625-0147