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How's that different from Eastern Orthodoxy to this day? The Orthodox Church is organized exactly as you describe: the leader is one of the elders. All decisions are Synodal. Neither can the Synod act without the Patriarch, not the Patriarch without the Synod. His vote counts as any other bishops'.

I thought this was how your church functions.

You seem to be oblivious to the existence of the Eastern side of the Church which remains unchanged.

I have a rudimentary understanding of the EO. The discussion originated with a RC poster and I was referencing the church formation in the west.

[kosta50]

I have a rudimentary understanding of the EO. The discussion originated with a RC poster and I was referencing the church formation in the west

I was merely calling your attention to the fact that a large segment of the Church did not change. It really makes no difference if the discussion originated with an RC or an EO poster. Making generalized statements about The Church necessitates distinction between the East and the West.