Podcasts History PONTIFACTS 55. John I

55. John I

Published: Sept. 2, 2019, 10 a.m.

Pope John I, aka "Blue Hook", was an old man by the time he was elected to the papacy - which made King Theoderic's demands on him all the more unreasonable. In his episode, we will discuss the shifting dynamic between the Ostrogothic West and the newly re-orthodox Byzantine East, new expressions of papal primacy in Constantinople, and what happens when you accomplish exactly what a paranoid jealous king wanted you to do.\n\xa0\nSupport Pontifacts:Patreon: \xa0https://www.patreon.com/pontifactspod\nPaypal: paypal.me/pontifactspodcast\nKo-fi: https://ko-fi.com/pontifactspod\nAmazon Wishlist: https://tinyurl.com/pontifactswishlist