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Papal Primacy

Does Peter's chair in Rome hold authority over the whole Church?

Papal primacy is the claim that the bishop of Rome holds a primacy of authority over the universal Church, appealing to Matthew 16:18 and early witnesses like Clement of Rome and Leo the Great. It remains a chief church-dividing issue: Catholics affirm universal jurisdiction, the Orthodox accept a primacy of honor but reject universal jurisdiction, and Protestants reject the office itself.

How it traveled

  1. The Treatises of Cyprian.
    Carthage · 258
    explains
  2. The Church History of Eusebius
    Caesarea · 339
    explains
  3. The Second Ecumenical Council: The First Council of Constantinople
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 381
    challenges
  4. The Letters of St. Jerome
    Bethlehem · 420
    explains
  5. The Third Ecumenical Council: The Council of Ephesus
    Ephesus · 431
    explains
  6. The Ecclesiastical History of Sozomen
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 450
    explains
  7. The Fourth Ecumenical Council. The Council of Chalcedon
    Chalcedon · 451
    explains
  8. The Letters and Sermons of Leo the Great
    Rome · 461
    explains
  9. The Fifth Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Constantinople
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 553
    explains
  10. The Book of Pastoral Rule, and Selected Epistles, of Gregory the Great
    Rome · 604
    explains
  11. Selected Epistles of Gregory the Great
    Rome · 604
    explains
  12. The Canons of the Synods of Sardica, Carthage, Constantinople, and Carthage Under St. Cyprian, Which Canons Were Received by the Council in Trullo and Ratified by II. Nice
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 692
    explains
  13. Book Fourth. of the Holy Catholic Church
    Geneva · 1564
    applies
  14. A History of the Work of Redemption
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
    explains

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