Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: pmafire!geoff@uunet.uu.net (Geoff Allen) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Names of Popes Message-ID: Date: 8 Aug 90 07:50:30 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: WINCO Computer Engineering, INEL, Idaho Lines: 17 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu dhosek@sif.claremont.edu (Hosek, Donald A.) writes concerning why there have been no popes who have chosen the name Peter: >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. And living up to the name Paul or John *isn't* a challenge? :^) Or both at the same time (i.e. John Paul)? -- Geoff Allen \ Usenet is distributed network anarchy at its best--- uunet!pmafire!geoff \ or worst, depending on what is posted on any bigtex!pmafire!geoff \ particular day. --David Fiedler in _Byte_