jwalsh
Did the word Pope always refer to the Pope?
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aseforlife
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No, religious heads before the eleventh century were also called popes.
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morri
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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