Pope
- In "In partibus infidelium" ("In the Land of the Unbelievers") by Polish writer Jacek Dukaj, humanity makes contact with other space-faring civilizations, and Christianity - specifically, the Catholic Church - spreads far and wide. Humans become a minority among believers and an alien is elected as the Pope.
- In Project Pope (1981) by Clifford Simak, robots on the planet End of Nowhere have labored a thousand years to build a computerized, infallible pope to eke out the ultimate truth. Their work is preempted when a human Listener discovers what might be the planet Heaven.
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Famous quotes containing the word pope:
“See! and confess, one comfort still must rise,
‘Tis this,—Though man’s a fool, yet God is wise.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“She comes! She comes! The sable throne behold
Of Night primaeval, and of Chaos old!”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)