document.write('Acts 16:11-15;Ps 149:1-6a,9b;Jn 15:26-16:4a<BR>');
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document.write('<b><font size=2 face=\"Trebuchet MS\" color=#FFFFFF>Today\'s Saint: ST. JOHN I,POPE</font></b></td>');
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document.write('By birth, Pope John was a Tuscan, the son of Constantius. He was an archdeacon for several years before being elected Pope on the death of Pope St. Hormisdas in 523. He was a friend and confidant of the philosopher Boethius. ');
document.write('In 525 Pope John was sent to Constantinople by King Theodoric of the Ostrogoths to reverse the edict of the Emperor Justin against the Arians two years earlier, which required Arians to give back churches which they had taken from orthodox Catholics. ');
document.write('Throdoric was himself an Arian and a strong defender of Arianism (a heresy which arose in the 4th century and denied the divinity of Christ). ' ');
'document.write('Even though Theodoric wanted a reversal of Justin’s policy, Pope John did not comply with his wishes, refusing to support heresy, and only counseled the Emperor Justin to be more gentle in his overzealous dealings with the Arians. ' ');

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