Lives of the Popes 
Subtitle: The Pontiffs from St. Peter to John Paul II
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: HarperOne
Published: February 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9780060653040
Subjects: Christian spiritual & Church leaders; Dictionaries of biography (Who's Who); History of religion; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Popes; Christianity - History - Catholic; Biography & Autobiography; Religion - Catholicism; Religious; Reference; Religion - Roman Catholic; Christianity - Catholic; Christianity - Catholicism; Religion / Catholicism; Biography; History; Papacy
First sentence: THE PAPACY IS THE OFFICE OF, AND THE JURISDICTION EXERCISED by, the Bishop of Rome, known more popularly as the pope.