Pope The Most Powerful s01e01 The Rise of the Pope.eng Subtitles

At 00:00:01,668, Character said: [dramatic music]

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At 00:00:05,401, Character said: ♪ ♪

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At 00:00:07,333, Character said: male narrator: One of the most
powerful men on earth

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At 00:00:09,833, Character said: holds a position
that has existed

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At 00:00:12,965, Character said: for nearly 2,000 years.

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At 00:00:14,499, Character said: ♪ ♪

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At 00:00:18,164, Character said: As the world changes
and faith evolves,

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At 00:00:21,664, Character said: his authority remains.

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At 00:00:24,663, Character said: What began with one apostle

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At 00:00:27,496, Character said: has become
1.2 billion followers

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At 00:00:29,529, Character said: under one man.

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At 00:00:32,528, Character said: He is the head
of the Catholic Church,

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At 00:00:35,328, Character said: the Pope,

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At 00:00:37,661, Character said: and this is his path to power.

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At 00:00:39,994, Character said: ♪ ♪

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At 00:01:19,452, Character said: In this episode,

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At 00:01:21,719, Character said: never before seen artifacts

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At 00:01:24,352, Character said: from the earliest days
of Christianity

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At 00:01:27,984, Character said: show how a small group
of rebels

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At 00:01:30,217, Character said: turned an illegal movement

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At 00:01:33,316, Character said: into the largest religion
on the planet,

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At 00:01:36,049, Character said: and how, against all odds...
[crowd screaming]

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At 00:01:40,048, Character said: The papacy endures.

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At 00:01:42,514, Character said: ♪ ♪

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At 00:01:45,480, Character said: [bell tolling]

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At 00:01:55,645, Character said: [men singing in Latin]

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At 00:01:59,477, Character said: ♪ ♪

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At 00:02:06,343, Character said: - This is something that
has never happened before.

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At 00:02:09,608, Character said: The Vatican, this morning,
publicly displayed

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At 00:02:12,508, Character said: what's believed to be
bone fragments from St. Peter,

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At 00:02:15,507, Character said: an apostle of Jesus Christ,
and the world's first pope.

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At 00:02:19,473, Character said: ♪ ♪

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At 00:02:22,139, Character said: narrator: Pope Francis is
the 266th leader

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At 00:02:24,639, Character said: of the Catholic Church.

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At 00:02:27,639, Character said: For the last 2,000 years,

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At 00:02:29,604, Character said: despite
an ever-changing world,

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At 00:02:31,638, Character said: Catholic's have looked
to the Pope

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At 00:02:33,537, Character said: as a beacon of faith,
morality,

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At 00:02:36,103, Character said: and divine guidance.

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At 00:02:38,602, Character said: But who is this figure
that means so much to so many?

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At 00:02:41,769, Character said: And how did he come to be

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At 00:02:44,035, Character said: one of the most powerful men
on Earth?

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At 00:02:46,968, Character said: [suspenseful music]
[bell tolling]

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At 00:02:50,701, Character said: - People look to the Pope
to have something to say

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At 00:02:53,599, Character said: on almost everything.

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At 00:02:54,800, Character said: [crowd cheering]

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At 00:02:56,633, Character said: - I don't think there's
any other religious figure

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At 00:02:58,632, Character said: that people recognize as much
as they recognize the Pope.

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At 00:03:01,465, Character said: ♪ ♪

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At 00:03:03,198, Character said: narrator: But before
the Pope had the ear

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At 00:03:04,931, Character said: of 1.2 billion followers
worldwide...

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At 00:03:08,297, Character said: ♪ ♪

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At 00:03:09,630, Character said: He was a philosopher,

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At 00:03:11,996, Character said: a leader
of an underground movement,

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At 00:03:16,629, Character said: and an outlaw.

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At 00:03:19,828, Character said: ♪ ♪

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At 00:03:20,927, Character said: - Peter was one
of the 12 apostles.

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At 00:03:24,460, Character said: [dramatic music]

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At 00:03:26,026, Character said: He's walked with Jesus,
essentially.

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At 00:03:28,093, Character said: So he's an important figure
for that reason alone.

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At 00:03:31,125, Character said: - In the Gospels,

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At 00:03:32,992, Character said: when the apostles go fishing
in Galilee,

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At 00:03:36,857, Character said: Peter is told,
"You are Peter,"

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At 00:03:39,624, Character said: which means "rock"...

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At 00:03:42,123, Character said: ♪ ♪

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At 00:03:43,123, Character said: "And on his rock,
I will build my church,

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At 00:03:45,922, Character said: and I will give to you
the keys

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At 00:03:46,623, Character said: of the kingdom of heaven."

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At 00:03:51,588, Character said: - Peter himself, as the one
who voiced the confession,

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At 00:03:54,688, Character said: becomes a symbol
of the unwavering faith

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At 00:03:58,120, Character said: that Jesus is
the Son of God,

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At 00:03:59,687, Character said: which is then the center
of the Christian Church.

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At 00:04:02,852, Character said: narrator:
Though the word "Pope"

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At 00:04:05,419, Character said: is not used
for hundreds of years,

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At 00:04:07,785, Character said: the foundation
of the sacred office

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At 00:04:09,918, Character said: is entwined in Peter's legacy.

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At 00:04:13,117, Character said: - The Popes are,
if you like,

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At 00:04:14,617, Character said: the inheritors
of the apostolic generation.

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At 00:04:18,449, Character said: - It's this idea
of the papacy being the rock,

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At 00:04:22,416, Character said: a source of permanence
in an age of anxiety,

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At 00:04:26,315, Character said: that people know is steady.

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At 00:04:29,147, Character said: ♪ ♪

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At 00:04:30,681, Character said: narrator: Peter preaches
that Jesus Christ died

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At 00:04:33,113, Character said: for the sins of man,

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At 00:04:34,646, Character said: and accepting that truth
is the key to salvation.

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At 00:04:38,112, Character said: Others teach different
variations of that message.

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At 00:04:42,477, Character said: But regardless
of interpretation,

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At 00:04:44,444, Character said: in the first century,
any follower of Christ

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At 00:04:47,244, Character said: is seen as a threat
to the Roman Empire

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At 00:04:49,843, Character said: and hunted for his beliefs.

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At 00:04:52,609, Character said: [indistinct shouting]

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At 00:04:54,108, Character said: - When you think
about the beginning

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At 00:04:55,808, Character said: of the Christian movement,
it's astonishing

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At 00:04:56,841, Character said: that this movement
went anywhere.

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At 00:04:59,907, Character said: People are being arrested,
they're being tortured,

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At 00:05:01,941, Character said: they're being killed in public.

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At 00:05:04,307, Character said: You see competition
between different disciples,

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At 00:05:08,239, Character said: different versions
of the message of Jesus.

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At 00:05:10,472, Character said: ♪ ♪

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At 00:05:11,972, Character said: narrator: All of Christ's
followers spread

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At 00:05:14,805, Character said: throughout the Mediterranean
preaching his message,

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At 00:05:18,270, Character said: but they apostles
are the men on earth

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At 00:05:20,170, Character said: who actually walked
with Jesus himself.

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At 00:05:23,603, Character said: - There were
all of these cities

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At 00:05:25,503, Character said: that had healthy
Christian churches in them,

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At 00:05:27,969, Character said: but the only one that actually
had an apostle at its head

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At 00:05:31,268, Character said: was the church in Rome,

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At 00:05:32,634, Character said: which was where Peter
was centered.

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At 00:05:34,768, Character said: ♪ ♪

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At 00:05:38,400, Character said: - Rome is a giant empire.

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At 00:05:41,433, Character said: If you're a Christian
and you're saying that

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At 00:05:43,133, Character said: you believe in a man,
Jesus,

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At 00:05:45,232, Character said: who is a king above all kings
and not the Roman king,

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At 00:05:48,765, Character said: you are putting yourself

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At 00:05:50,231, Character said: in opposition
to the Roman Empire.

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At 00:05:52,630, Character said: And that becomes
a really dangerous situation

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At 00:05:55,597, Character said: for early Christians.

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At 00:05:57,429, Character said: narrator: Despite the dangers
facing Christians in Rome,

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At 00:06:01,495, Character said: Peter holds secret gatherings

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At 00:06:03,261, Character said: where he preaches
the word of Christ.

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At 00:06:06,594, Character said: - Rome is a society
which is 75% to 80% slaves.

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At 00:06:10,494, Character said: Slaves are not human,
they can't marry,

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At 00:06:13,060, Character said: they can be bought and sold,
they can be whipped and raped.

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At 00:06:16,659, Character said: So, suddenly, there's
this movement that's saying

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At 00:06:19,592, Character said: "You're a person with dignity

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At 00:06:21,258, Character said: "who's created
in the image of God,

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At 00:06:23,257, Character said: and that makes you worthwhile."

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At 00:06:25,324, Character said: So that's part of the power
of this Christian movement.

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At 00:06:29,123, Character said: ♪ ♪

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At 00:06:30,756, Character said: narrator: Christ's message
strikes a chord

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At 00:06:32,656, Character said: with the most downtrodden
members of Roman society,

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At 00:06:35,922, Character said: and Peter's meetings
become more and more popular.

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At 00:06:40,654, Character said: Inevitably,
he catches the eye

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At 00:06:42,754, Character said: of one of the cruelest
and most sadistic rulers

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At 00:06:44,420, Character said: in Roman history,

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At 00:06:47,753, Character said: Emperor Nero.

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At 00:06:48,552, Character said: [suspenseful music]

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At 00:06:53,418, Character said: In the summer of 64 A.D.,

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