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*Equal prerogatives to Old Rome (Canon 3 of the [[Second Ecumenical Council]], Canon 28 of the [[Fourth Ecumenical Council]], Canon 36 of the [[Quinisext Council]])
*The right to hear appeals, if invited, regarding disputes between clergy (Canons 9 and 17 of the Fourth Ecumenical Council)
*The right to ordain bishops for areas outside defined [[canonical territory|canonical boundaries ]] (Canon 28 of the Fourth Ecumenical Council)
*The right to establish [[stavropegial]] [[monastery|monasteries]] even in the territories of other [[patriarchate]]s (the [[Epanagoge]], commentaries of [[Matthew Blastares]] and [[Theodore Balsamon]])
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:"Not only are the Metropolitans of the said dioceses to be ordained by him, but indeed also the bishops located in barbarian regions that border on the said dioceses, as, for instance, those called Alani are adjacent to and flank the diocese of Pontus, while the Russians border on that of Thrace."<ref>The Rudder, p. 276</ref>.
And so the canon does not refer to all [[diaspora|unclaimed territory ]] on the planet (according to St. Nicodemos), but only to a specific area on the border of a specific area. This viewpoint leaves the question unsolved of to whom belongs territory not universally agreed upon, because the canons expressly forbid ordaining clergy to serve outside of one's [[canonical territory|canonical boundaries ]] (i.e., ecclesiastical annexation via missionary work).
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