# Petrus Romanus - who is the predicted last pope? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 7, 2012, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petrus-romanus-who-is-the-predicted-last-pope/621145 "2012-05-07T11:30:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petrus-romanus-who-is-the-predicted-last-pope/621145/21 "2012-05-07T17:16:54Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > All bishops are part of the apostolic succession, not just the Bishop of Rome. There are about [5,000](http://satodayscatholic.wordpress.com/2011/02/21/vatican-says-number-of-catholics-priests-bishops-worldwide-increased/) bishops, so there are the required 12, plus some extras. Don’t quite follow, if that is the case why then is not the pope the equal of all the bishops and why we do have cardinals? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petrus-romanus-who-is-the-predicted-last-pope/621145/22 "2012-05-07T17:18:45Z")
Because the apostles were all equal. God hates democracy. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petrus-romanus-who-is-the-predicted-last-pope/621145/23 "2012-05-07T17:27:57Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Petrus Romanus literally translate to “the rock of Rome.” Given that you are shifting the predictions for the current Pope from his predessor, this indicates we can shift one letter in the descriptor for the Final Pope. > > So ‘rock of Rome’ becomes “Rock and Roll,” showing that the end times had been predicted and are occurring now, ever since the rise of that Godless, Communist music. (This ties in very closely with the “destruction” of the traditional Catholic Mass with Vatican II. Coincidence or the workings of prophesy?) But it wasn’t Petrus Romanus… It was Panulirus Interruptus! Panulirus Interruptus! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petrus-romanus-who-is-the-predicted-last-pope/621145/24 "2012-05-07T17:36:34Z")
“Knock knock” “Who’s there” “Panulirus Interruptus!” ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petrus-romanus-who-is-the-predicted-last-pope/621145/25 "2012-05-07T18:14:36Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > “Knock knock” > “Who’s there” > “Panulirus Interruptus!” “Panulirus Interrup–” _“Dominus vobiscum!”_ ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petrus-romanus-who-is-the-predicted-last-pope/621145/26 "2012-05-07T18:29:56Z")
> [@saoirse](#): > > But it wasn’t Petrus Romanus… > > It was Panulirus Interruptus! > Panulirus Interruptus! Damn your eyes. Now I’m going to be hearing that guy’s voice intoning Latin for the rest of the evening. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petrus-romanus-who-is-the-predicted-last-pope/621145/27 "2012-05-07T18:38:03Z")
I love how, in our lifetimes, we’ll get to see the squirming of those who believe this stuff try to explain why the prophecy didn’t come true. Benedict’s only got a decade or two left, if that. So by the time the Playstation 6 comes out, this whole silly thing should be done with, unless somebody suddenly “discovers” another lost line or two of the prophecy ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petrus-romanus-who-is-the-predicted-last-pope/621145/28 "2012-05-07T19:10:08Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > All bishops are part of the apostolic succession, not just the Bishop of Rome. There are about [5,000](http://satodayscatholic.wordpress.com/2011/02/21/vatican-says-number-of-catholics-priests-bishops-worldwide-increased/) bishops, so there are the required 12, plus some extras. All **priests** are part of the apostolic succession, though they are not authorized to pass it on to another. (I’ve seen a plaque in a local Episcopalian church showing a sort of genealogical chart of the pastor’s apostolic succession back to one of the apostles – even the Anglican Communion subscribes to this.) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petrus-romanus-who-is-the-predicted-last-pope/621145/29 "2012-05-07T21:28:43Z")
Which, incidentally, is why Anglican priests who convert to Catholicism remain priests, recognized by the Catholic church. Though the situation is currently a bit muddled by the fact that Anglicans recognize female priests and bishops, while Catholics do not. I think the same is true of Lutherans, but not most other Protestants. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petrus-romanus-who-is-the-predicted-last-pope/621145/30 "2012-05-07T21:48:38Z")
The last pope will the one elected when Catholics have lost interest in the whole thing. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petrus-romanus-who-is-the-predicted-last-pope/621145/31 "2012-05-07T23:40:04Z")
**greenlife** , you have another thread that is still active. Please post to that one instead of clogging up this forum with unintelligible screeds. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petrus-romanus-who-is-the-predicted-last-pope/621145.md?page=1)