Jochen Martin

Der Weg Zur Ewigkeit Fuhrt Uber ROM Jochen Martin

How could the bishop of Rome become the Pope? To secure the unity of the communities and the church, early church writers embraced the order of the Latin culture, especially official and traditional concepts. In the period after Constantine, the Roman bishops were learning functions of domination and forms of representation of the Roman Empire. They justified their claim to be the successor of Peter using Roman succession laws. A monumental form of expression of the clear belief of Rome is found in the triumphal arch mosaic of Santa Maria Maggiore, for which the author proposes a new interpretation. German text.