No. The first pope to carry that title was an anti-pope.
Roman Catholic AnswerAngelo Roncalli, aka Pope Blessed John XXIII, left several lasting contributions to the Church, but, obviously, the best known is Vatican Council II, the council he called "to blow the cobwebs out of the Church".
When the schism came to a close, near the time of the Council of Constantine, three popes where vying for the official position: Gregory XII- Roman Catholic Church Benedict XIII- French Catholic Church John XXIII- German Catholic Church
When the schism came to a close, near the time of the Council of Constantine, three popes where vying for the official position: Gregory XII- Roman Catholic Church Benedict XIII- French Catholic Church John XXIII- German Catholic Church
If by "leader" you mean "the pope," then the leader of the Catholic Church in 1958 was either Pope Pius XII, who's reign ended in that year, or Pope John XXIII, who succeeded Pope Pius XII in that same year.
Roman Catholic AnswerBecause of his great humility.
There are approximately 1.2 Billion members of The Catholic Church. There are various "rites" within The Catholic Church (i.e., Eastern, Marian, Coptic, Armenian, etc.). The largest "rite" in The Catholic Church is the Latin Rite. I suppose one might distinguish them as Roman Catholics but the term "Roman Catholic" is not one that The Catholic Church assigns to herself. Technically, there is no such thing as "Roman Catholicism" except, perhaps, to the degree that all Catholics accept the successor of St. Peter (the pope, 1st Bishop of Rome) as the Vicar of Christ on earth. That's true regardless of whether a Catholic is an Eastern Rite Catholic or Coptic or Latin Rite, etc. There is also substantial scriptural (NT) and historical evidence that St. Peter was the 1st pope (Bishop of Rome). He was then succeeded by Linus, Cletus, Clement, Sixtus, etc., down to the current pope, Benedict XXIII. Non-Catholics will assign the term "Roman Catholic" to The Catholic Church for their own theological reasons & purposes but The Catholic Church does not recognize that term -- Roman Catholic -- as one that is legitimate or accurate. On another level, all Christians are members of the "catholic"/universal Church of Christ. But not all Christians are members of The Catholic Church. It's a little complicated and can be confusing sometimes.
Pope John XXIII's legacy successfully convened a Second Vatican Council that brought about reforms in church life, liturgy and theology. The Catholic church resolved to cooperate with Christians from other denominations.
It is: XXIII = 23
As a Roman numeral xxiii or XXIII = 23
In Roman Numerals XXIII is 33. Hope that helpes!!!
XXIII is the number 23 in Roman numerals.
The number 23 in Roman numerals is written as XXIII.