Download or read book Roman Empire Hostile takeover of the Church written by Henry Epps and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-08-27 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The roman empire hostile takeover of the church looks at the premises that the Apostle peter was the first Pope and that the roman catholic church can trace its roots to the early church. This is a invalid argument since it was the roman empire that crucified Jesus Christ and all of the apostles. Peter was not a pope and the inference is incorrect and invalid by history stand point.