Zosimus
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Though this view later buttressed papal powers, Augustine defied Pope Zosimus when the Pontiff tolerated Pelagius, whose theology was so optimistic that humanity scarcely seemed to need a Saviour.
From Time Magazine Archive
But, unfortunately for the consistency of official infallibility, Innocent died six weeks after writing these letters, and Zosimus succeeded him.
From The Christian Church in These Islands before the Coming of Augustine Three Lectures Delivered at St. Paul's in January 1894 by Browne, G. F. (George Forrest)
Zosimus, the Panopolitan, had described in former times the operation of distillation, by which water may be purified; the Arabs called the apparatus for conducting that experiment an alembic.
From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by Draper, John William
But scarcely had he done this when he died, and his successor, Zosimus, annulled his judgment, and declared the opinions of Pelagius to be orthodox.
From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by Draper, John William
At the death of Pope Zosimus, the Roman clergy were divided into two factions, one of which elected the deacon Eulalius, and the other the priest Boniface.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
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