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POPE. The chief of the catholic religion is so called. He is a temporal prince. He is elected by certain officers called cardinals, and remains in power during life. In the 9th Collation of the Authentics it is declared the bishop of Rome hath the first place of sitting in all assemblies, and the bishop of Constantinople the second. Ridley's View, part 1, chap. 3, sect. 10.
     2. The pope has no political authority in the United States.
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But the institution of the papacy, that unique spiritual establishment with its claim to a supreme authority articulated in such titles as Vicar of Jesus Christ, successor to Peter, prince of the apostles, supreme pontiff, patriarch of the West, primate of Italy, metropolitan of the province of Rome, bishop of Rome, and sovereign of the Vatican.
Anglicans cannot accept universal primacy of the pope by Stackhouse, Reginald / Anglican Journal
The bishop of Rome would continue to be the patriarch of the West, exercising immediate jurisdiction according to Western customs and only intervening outside of this jurisdiction as a moderator when there are "disagreements in belief and discipline.
Back to the future: Christian unity & the papacy by Ryan, Jerry / Commonweal
 
 
 
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