What is Pope Zephyrinus?
[[File:Pope Zephyrinus.jpg|thumb|Pope Zephyrinus]] '''Pope Zephyrinus''' (ca. 198/9-217 C.E.) was the fifteenth [[Pope]], the official title is the [[Bishop of Rome]] of the [[Catholic Church]]. He served for seventeen years but was consider an weak and ineffectual pope without education who relied heavily upon his deacon [[Pope Callixtus I|Callistus]] who would become the next Pope.<ref>Richard P. McBrien, ''Lives of the Popes: The Pontiffs from St. Peter to John Paul II'', (San Francisco:Harper San Francisco, 1997), p. 42</ref> During his time there was a group of people who practiced Montanism and Adoptionism who preached things which were against the teachings of the Catholic Church. Both these groups taught that [[Jesus Christ]] was a holy person but not the son of God. [[Theology|Theologians]] at that time were very disappointed with Pope Zephrynus for not taking severe action against these groups. They considered him a weak pope.<ref>Richard P. McBrien, ''Lives of the Popes: The Pontiffs from St. Peter to John Paul II'', (San Francisco:Harper San Francisco, 1997), pp. 42, 43</ref> His feast day is celebrated August 26.<ref>Richard P. McBrien, ''Lives of the Popes: The Pontiffs from St. Peter to John Paul II'', (San Francisco:Harper San Francisco, 1997), p. 43</ref> == Reference == {{Reflist}} {{popes}} [[Category:Year of death unknown]] [[Category:Year of birth unknown]]