Talk:Pope Damasus I

message: This entry is currently having something both ways - if the pagan zeal of Julian embarassed pagan aristocrats (which I find a little doubtful), the riotous rabble reported in the first paragraph would have put them off even more.  Other than that, great start! --MichaelTinkler
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Thanks! Hopefully this next revision is better. I think it clarifies some of the issues you address. I will work more on this and also some on the history of the Pope:
mini-Todo
* Read thru. Reword some stuff to clarify. Rearrange some sections DONE
* Bibliography  DONE
* Linkage  DONE
* Spell check  DONE
* Pope stuff: history of title. Read a bit more for this.
- Asa
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hmmm.  will have to do more research before i sink my teeth into Pope...  -Asa
:this is a great job;  I hope all our papal biographies of significant popes end up like this.  And yes, Pope is a hugantic topic! --MichaelTinkler
:(Note: the above three sections were written at some point before 25 February 2002, & apparently refers to the versions of this article prior to that date.) -- llywrch 20:04, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I doubt that he died in 383. I think these books which are cited have the incorrect date by printing. I doubt that his successor Pope Siricius had been consecrated so long time later than December 384! When 384 is right date of Siricius’ consecration, there are no information about the vacancy. See also J. N. D. Kelly "Dictionary of Popes" and  which give 384 as a right date. Kask (talk) 17:37, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death 

message: Nothing is mentioned here about Pope Damasus I stoning 100 men of his opponents to death?? --188.161.252.8 (talk) 11:36, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: If you have a RS stating this, please add it. carl bunderson (talk) (contributions) 01:45, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stoning his opponents 

message: "Damasus faced accusations of murder and adultery (despite having not been married)...."  One does not have to be married to commit adultery.  A single man who has sex with a married woman (or vice versa) commits adultery.  The parenthetical phrase quoted above should be removed since it states a misunderstanding of adultery. Caeruleancentaur (talk) 13:08, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It would be worthwhile to include more information on this episode if a good reference could be found. I believe that the charge was made by a certain convert from Judiasm named Isaac, who was later banished to Spain where he reverted. This Isaac is often suggested to be the author Ambrosiaster. As it stands now, the charge is mentioned in the header, but never described in the body. Rwflammang (talk) 16:45, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Definition of adultery 

message: I'm brand new to talk pages - hope I'm not messing up anything.
If it's true that Damasus was the one that came up with December 25 as Jesus' birthday, it might be an interesting section. My source is http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/papal-princes.htm#damasus. Does anyone knows if this is true or not? Some sources say Constantine came up with December 25.
Chas9225 (talk) 05:28, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Establishment of Jesus' Birthdate 

message: I don't think there are too many sections headings, seeing that they seem reasonable.  I think the problem is that the sections could be made more robust.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.165.163.163 (talk) 14:37, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  section headings 

message: in your one you say he was born in 305 but in another one it says 304. explain. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04613a.htm
Alienboxer13 (talk) 16:45, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  you sure 'bout that birth 

message: How notable is the Projecta stuff, really? Not notable enough to put into the body, apparently. And yet it dominates the lede. Does it serve any purpose at all other than to serve as a hook to hang Cameron's sneering put down on?
We are told he was a notable poet, but there is almost nothing in the body about that, and apart from the put down, nothing in the whole article. It lacks balance.
I say we pull that junk out of the lede, and either put it in the body or throw it out all together.
Rwflammang (talk) 03:04, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Projecta 

message: Is it really relevant what one Alan Cameron thought about the quality of Damasus' poems in the opening paragraph? The whole sentence is structured in a very complicated way and doesn't help anyone who just wants an overview on Damasus' life. I suggest removing it.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:F5:5F0C:5800:5854:47BD:F8A5:A97F (talk) 18:37, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Alan Cameron is a very prominent and highly respected scholar of antique and medieval poetry. It would be difficult to find a more respected source for an evaluation of the poetry of Damasus, though of course it would be preferable to have a blanket judgment than a quote about a single poem. At the same time, it is the nature of respected scholars to avoid such blanket statements.Msalt (talk) 13:46, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comment by Alan Cameron