Shoko rokuti papa rinobva pashoko rechiGiriki rokuti πάππας rinoreva kuti "baba". Mumazana emakore okutanga echiKristu, zita iri raishandiswa, kunyanya kumabvazuva, kumabhishopu ose uye vamwe vakuru vakuru vechechi, uye gare gare rakachengetwa kumadokero kuMufundisi weRoma, kuchengetedzwa kwakaitwa pamutemo chete muzana remakore rechi11. Chinyorwa chekutanga chekushandiswa kwezita iri chaiva pamusoro peMutungamiriri weAlexandria akafa panguva iyoyo, Papa Heraclas weAlexandria (232<unk>248). Kushandiswa kwekutanga kwakanyorwa kwezita rokuti "papa" muchiChirungu kunobva pakati pezana remakore rechi10, apo rakashandiswa kureva zana remakore rechinomwe reRoma Papa Vitalian mushanduro yeChirungu yekare yeBede's Historia ecclesica gentis Anglorum. Mubvunzo: Mutungamiri wechiKristu papa anobva muchiGiriki zvichireva kuti chii?
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