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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]].''
 
: ''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 Sts. 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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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]].
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==External links==  
 
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*[http://www.orthodoxengland.btinternet.co.uk/ortpopes.htm The Holy Orthodox Popes of Rome]  
 
*[http://www.orthodoxengland.btinternet.co.uk/ortpopes.htm The Holy Orthodox Popes of Rome]  
 
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Latest revision as of 17:03, March 25, 2013

This article is regarding the pre-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.


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