Patriarchy (Church)
In the Christian church , patriarchy is an area subject to the authority of a patriarch.
History
In 325 , the first ecumenical patriarchate said the Five takes place at Nicaea, it grants a privilege to honor the bishops of Alexandria , Antioch , Jerusalem , Rome and of course Nicaea which all occupy an "apostolic chair". The 2 nd Ecumenical Council ( Constantinople - 381 ) will extend this privilege to the bishop ( patriarch ) of Constantinople, New Rome.
These privileges do not sign at all that the Church of Christ is shared in five Patriarchates and some argue that the canon much later. Indeed, besides the five patriarchs, several autocephalous churches remain independent, that will confirm the 3rd Ecumenical Council ( Ephesus - 431 ) with, as an example, the independence of the Church of Cyprus vis--vis that Antioch.
First bone of contention is only the archdiocese of Rome spoke Latin. All others, spoke Greek (in Greek and wrote ...). However the Council of Nicea, they all agree on one belief: the Nicene Creed (which however had to be amended to the Council of Constantinople in 381, because of heresies).
Second bone of contention in the fifth century, the Bishop of Rome claimed supremacy not only on the five patriarchs under "First of equals," but also the authority on doctrinal and ecclesiastical questions because of his estate to St. stone , which never failed to raise vigorous protests from the Greek Patriarchate, which, them, opted for the " Pentarchy ", that is to say, the common government of the five patriarchs.
The patriarchate of Constantinople, led the revolt, based on the following arguments:
- the apostle Andrew, who founded the Church of the East, now better known as the Orthodox Church in the city of Byzantium belonging to the Roman Empire. St. Andrew was the brother of St. Peter, who himself founded the Church of Rome;
- Byzantium , the ancient Greek city, renamed Constantinople in the reign of Roman Emperor Constantine I , who had established the capital of the Empire in 330 , became the first city of the Empire;
- much later Ravenna also challenge the supremacy of Rome.
In 2006 , the Pope Benedict XVI waived under the Patriarch of the West. The first mention of this title is in a letter written in 450 by Theodosius II to Pope Leo I the Great. The next year will be held on the Council of Chalcedon in which Leon refuse partiarcat equality between Rome and Constantinople.
See also
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- Patriarch in the Church.
- Patriarch of Alexandria
- Patriarch of Constantinople
- Patriarch of Jerusalem
- Patriarch of the West (the Patriarch of Rome, or Pope )
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