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Re:The oldest company in almost every country (that is still... by alpha_squared on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @08:41PM (#22429545)
Any material you can recommend I can read more on that? As I understand it, the writings of Irenaeus get cited here to make that point except they're often taken out of context.
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Re:The oldest company in almost every country (that is still... by jackcosgrove on Thursday February 27, 2020 @12:36AM (#22430800)
Rome was the center of the Mediterranean world during the early church, the only city with a million people.

That's the only reason the Roman diocese became dominant. Not any sort of lineage or pedigree.

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Re:The oldest company in almost every country (that is still... by badosu on Thursday February 27, 2020 @05:02AM (#22432015)
Actually, the patriarch at constantinople had the dominant authority at the early christendom.

There's a very informative youtube video about the schism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6rWf0k8d78

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