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: ''This article is regarding the pre-[[Great Schism|Schism]] Orthodox Church of Rome. For the post-Schism body, see [[Roman Catholic Church]].''
The '''Church of Rome''' was part of the ancient [[Pentarchy]] and the only apostolic [[see]] founded in the West. Until roughly 1054, the usual center-point for the [[Great Schism]], the Church of Rome was in [[full communion]] with the rest of the [[Orthodox Church]]. The Church in Rome was founded by [[Apostle Paul|StSts. Peter and Paul]]. This is clear to any reader of the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans. [[Apostle Linus|St. Linus]] (+ c. 78), is the first bishop (pope) and a martyr. A disciple of the Apostle Paul, he was consecrated by him. One of the [[Apostles#The_Seventy|Seventy Apostles]], he is mentioned in 2 Timothy 4, 21. He was the bishop for about twelve years and may have been martyred.
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