Papacy

The office and jurisdiction of the pope the head of the Roman Catholic Church, also with reference to the temporal power on Rome.

Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 From Primacy to Papacy 1.1 The Traditional Apostolic Heritage of Rome 1.2 Meanings and Usage of the Term 'Pope' 1.3 First Among Equals 1.4 The Establishment of Authority 1.1 The East and West Split 1.2 The Roman Catholic Church Today

From Primacy to Papacy

The Traditional Apostolic Heritage of Rome

Meanings and Usage of the Term 'Pope'

First Among Equals

The Establishment of Authority

• The Arian controversy

• Damasus
• Leo I

The East and West Split

• Great Schism

• Roman Catholic Church
• Eastern Orthodoxy

The Roman Catholic Church Today

See also: Christianity, History of Christianity, the list of popes