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To: GonzoII
Petrine Primacy?

The First Ecumenical Council; The First Council of Nice, Canon VI, 325 AD

Let the ancient customs in Egypt, Libya and Pentapolis prevail, that the Bishop of Alexandria have jurisdiction in all these, since the like is customary for the Bishop of Rome also. Likewise in Antioch and the other provinces, let the Churches retain their privileges. And this is to be universally understood, that if any one be made bishop without the consent of the Metropolitan, the great Synod has declared that such a man ought not to be a bishop. If, however, two or three bishops shall from natural love of contradiction, oppose the common suffrage of the rest, it being reasonable and in accordance with the ecclesiastical law, then let the choice of the majority prevail.

31 posted on 01/05/2009 10:55:45 AM PST by OLD REGGIE (I am a Biblical Unitarian?)
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To: OLD REGGIE

“Bishop of Alexandria have jurisdiction in all these.”

It sounds like there talking about how a Bishop is elected, what does that have to do with the Primacy?


34 posted on 01/05/2009 11:28:38 AM PST by GonzoII ("That they may be one...Father")
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