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Pentarchy

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Not to be confused withPantarchyorPantachy.

Pentarchy(from theGreekΠενταρχία,Pentarchía,from πέντεpénte,"five", and ἄρχεινarchein,"to rule" ) was a model of Church organization formulated in the laws of EmperorJustinian I(r.  527–565) of theRoman Empire.In this model, theChristian Churchis governed by the heads (patriarchs) of the five majorepiscopal seesof theRoman Empire:Rome,Constantinople,Alexandria,Antioch,andJerusalem.[3]

Map of the four Eastern Churches in the Pentarchy, c. 500 AD. In this version, almost all of modern Greece such as theBalkansandCreteis under the jurisdiction of theHoly SeeofRome.Emperor Leo IIImoved the border of thePatriarchate of Constantinoplewestward and northward in the 8th century.[1][2]

The idea came about because of the political and ecclesiastical prominence of these five sees, but the concept of their universal and exclusive authority was attached to earlier Hellenistic-Christian ideas of administration.[4]The pentarchy was first legally expressed in the legislation of EmperorJustinian I,particularly inNovella131.[5]TheQuinisext Councilof 692 gave it formal recognition and ranked the sees in order of preeminence, but its organization remained dependent on the emperor, as whenLeo the Isaurianaltered the boundary of patriarchal jurisdiction between Rome and Constantinople.[6][7]Especially following Quinisext, the pentarchy was at least philosophically accepted in Eastern Orthodoxy, but generally not in theWest,which rejected the Council, and the concept of the pentarchy.[8]

The greater authority of these sees in relation to others was tied to their political and ecclesiastical prominence; all were located in important cities and regions of the Roman Empire and were important centers of the Christian Church. Rome, Alexandria and Antioch wereprominent from the time of early Christianity,while Constantinople came to the fore upon becoming the imperial residence in the 4th century. Thereafter it was consistently ranked just after Rome.Jerusalemreceived a ceremonial place due to the city's importance in theearly days of Christianity.Justinian and the Quinisext Council excluded from their pentarchical arrangement churches outside the empire, such as the then-flourishingChurch of the EastinSassanidPersia,which they saw asheretical.Within the empire they recognized only theChalcedonian(orMelkite) incumbents, regarding as illegitimate thenon-Chalcedonianclaimants ofAlexandriaandAntioch.

Infighting among the sees, and particularly the rivalry between Rome (which considered itselfpreeminent over all the church) and Constantinople (which came to hold sway over the otherEastern seesand which saw itself as equal to Rome, with Rome "first among equals"), prevented the pentarchy from ever becoming a functioning administrative reality. TheIslamic conquestsof Alexandria, Jerusalem, and Antioch in the7th centuryleft Constantinople the only practical authority in the East, and afterward the concept of a "pentarchy" retained little more than symbolic significance.

Tensions between East and West, which culminated in theEast–West Schism,and the rise of powerful, largely independentmetropolitan seesand patriarchates outside theByzantine EmpireinBulgaria,and later inSerbia,alsoRussia,eroded the importance of the old imperial sees. Today, only the sees of Rome and of Constantinople still hold authority over an entire major Christian Church, the first being the head of theCatholic Churchand the second having symbolic hegemony over theEastern Orthodox Church.

Development towards the Pentarchy

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Early Christianity

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In theApostolic Age(largely the1st century) the Christian Church comprised an indefinite number of local churches that in the initial years looked to the first church atJerusalemas its main centre and point of reference. But by the4th centuryit had developed a system whereby thebishopof the capital of each civil province (themetropolitan bishop) normally held certain rights over the bishops of the other cities of the province (later calledsuffragan bishops).[9]

Of the three sees that theFirst Council of Nicaeawas to recognize as having such extraprovincial power,Romeis the one for which records are most available. Thechurch in Romeintervened in other communities to help resolve conflicts.[10]Pope Clement Idid so inCorinthin the end of the 1st century.[11]In the beginning of the 2nd century,Ignatius,Bishop of Antioch,speaks of the Church of Rome as "presiding in the region of the Romans" (ἥτις προκάθηται ἐν τόπῳ χωρίου Ῥωμαίων).[11]In the end of that century,Pope Victor Ithreatened to excommunicate the Eastern bishops who continued to celebrateEaster on 14 Nisan,not on the following Sunday.[12]

The first records of the exercise of authority byAntiochoutside its own province ofSyriadate from the late 2nd century, whenSerapion of Antiochintervened inRhosus,a town in Cilicia, and also consecrated the thirdBishop of Edessa,outside theRoman Empire.Bishops participating in councils held at Antioch in the middle of the 3rd century came not only from Syria, but also fromPalestine,Arabia,and easternAsia Minor.Dionysius of Alexandriaspoke of these bishops as forming the "episcopate of the Orient", mentioning Demetrian, bishop of Antioch, in the first place.[13]

In Egypt and the nearby African territories the bishop ofAlexandriawas at first the only metropolitan. When other metropolitan sees were established there, the bishop of Alexandria became known as the archbishop. In the mid-3rd century,Heraclas of Alexandriaexercised his power as archbishop by deposing and replacing the Bishop of Thmuis.[14]Thus Rome, Alexandria and Antioch had grown in ecclesiastical prominence such that by the early 4th century they had long-recognised jurisdiction over more than one province of bishops each. Alexandria had attained primacy overRoman Egypt,Roman Libya,andPentapolis.Rome hadPrimatialauthority over provinces within 100 miles of the city.[15]

Council of Nicaea

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Pentarchy in 565 AD.

TheFirst Council of Nicaeain 325, in whose sixth[16]canonthe title "metropolitan" appears for the first time, sanctioned the existing grouping of sees by provinces of the Roman empire,[9]but also recognized that three sees, Alexandria, Antioch and Rome, already had authority over wider areas. In speaking of Antioch, it also spoke generically about "other provinces".

While the Council did not specify the extent of the authority of Rome or Antioch, it clearly indicated the area, even outside its own province ofEgypt,over which Alexandria had authority, by referring to "the ancient customs of Egypt,LibyaandPentapolis,according to which the bishop of Alexandria has authority over all these places ".[17]

Immediately after mentioning the special traditions of wider authority of Rome, Alexandria and Antioch, the same canon speaks of the organization under metropolitans, which was also the subject of two previous canons. In this system, the bishop of the capital of eachRoman province(themetropolitan) possessed certain rights with regard to the bishops of other cities of the province (suffragans).[9]

In the interpretation ofJohn H. Erickson,the Council saw the special powers of Rome and Alexandria, whose bishops were in effect metropolitans over several provinces, as exceptions to the general rule of organization by provinces, each with its own metropolitan.[18]After the mention of the special traditions of Rome, Alexandria, Antioch and other provinces, canon 6 goes on immediately to speak of the metropolitan form of organization, which was also the topic of the two preceding canons.

This Council's recognition of the special powers ofRome,AlexandriaandAntiochserved as the basis of the theory of the threePetrinesees (Rome and Antioch were said to be founded bySaint Peterand Alexandria by his discipleMark the Evangelist) that was later upheld, especially in Rome and Alexandria, in opposition to the theory of the five Pentarchy sees.[19]

In its seventh canon, the Council attributed special honour, but not metropolitan authority, to the Bishop ofJerusalem,which was then calledAelia,[20]and was in the province (Syria Palaestina) whose capital and Metropolitan wasCaesarea.

Later councils

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With the imperial capital having moved toByzantiumin 330, the re-named city ofConstantinoplebecame increasingly important in church affairs of the Greek East. TheFirst Council of Constantinople(381) decreed in a canon of disputed validity: "The Bishop of Constantinople, however, shall have the prerogative of honour after the Bishop of Rome; because Constantinople is New Rome."[21]This "prerogative of honour", though recognising the new Metropolitan status of the Capital See, did not entail jurisdiction outside his own "diocese". The EmperorTheodosius I,who called the Council, divided the eastern Roman Empire into five "dioceses": Egypt (under Alexandria),the East(under Antioch),Asia(underEphesus),Pontus(underCaesarea Cappadociae), andThrace(originally underHeraclea,later under Constantinople).[22]

The Council also decreed: "The bishops are not to go beyond their dioceses to churches lying outside of their bounds, nor bring confusion on the churches; but let the Bishop of Alexandria, according to the canons, alone administer the affairs of Egypt; and let the bishops of the East manage the East alone, the privileges of the Church in Antioch, which are mentioned in the canons ofNicea,being preserved; and let the bishops of the Asian Diocese administer the Asian affairs only; and the Pontic bishops only Pontic matters; and the Thracian bishops only Thracian affairs. "[23]

The transfer of the capital of the empire from Rome to Constantinople in 330 enabled the latter to free itself from its ecclesiastical dependency on Heraclea and in little more than half a century to obtain this recognition of next-after-Rome ranking from the first Council held within its walls. Alexandria's objections to Constantinople's promotion, which led to a constant struggle between the two sees in the first half of the 5th century,[24]were supported, at least until theFourth Council of Constantinopleof 869–870, by Rome, which proposed the theory that the most important sees were the three Petrine ones, with Rome in first place.[22]

The Western bishops generally took no part in the First Council of Constantinople with the exception ofAscholiusof Thessalonica, who at this time was under Roman jurisdiction.[25]It is popularly believed that it was only until the mid-6th century that the Latin Church recognized it as ecumenical,[22]but the earliest Latin collection of canons (the "Prisca" version) as well as citations of its creed byPope Leoin his Tome and its canons by his legates during theCouncil of Chalcedonindicate that it had obtained acceptance long before this point.[26]Archbishop Atticuswould do much to expand the jurisdictional reach of Constantinople in the early 5th century.[27]

TheCouncil of Ephesus(431) defended the independence of the Church inCyprusagainst the supra-metropolitan interference by Antioch,[28]but in the same period Jerusalem succeeded in gaining supra-metropolitan power over the three provinces of Palestine.[29]

After theCouncil of Chalcedon(451), the position of the Pentarchy's Patriarchate of Alexandria was weakened by a division in which the great majority of its Christian population followed the form of Christianity that its opponents calledMiaphysitism.[22]

The Council of Chalcedon (451), which marked a serious defeat of Alexandria, gave recognition, in its 28th canon, to Constantinople's extension of its power over Pontus and Asia in addition to Thrace.[30]The Council justified this decision on the grounds that "the Fathers rightly granted privileges to the throne of old Rome, because it was the royal city", and that the First Council of Constantinople, "actuated by the same consideration, gave equal privileges to the most holy throne of New Rome, justly judging that the city which is honoured with the Sovereignty and the Senate, and enjoys equal privileges with the old imperial Rome, should in ecclesiastical matters also be magnified as she is, and rank next after her".[31]

Pope Leo I,whose delegates were absent when this resolution was passed and who protested against it, recognized the council as ecumenical and confirmed its doctrinal decrees, but rejected canon 28 on the ground that it contravened the sixth canon of Nicaea and infringed the rights of Alexandria and Antioch.[22][32]By that time Constantinople, as the permanent residence of the emperor, had enormous influence.[22]

Canon 9 of the Council declared: "If a bishop or clergyman should have a difference with the metropolitan of the province, let him have recourse to the Exarch of the Diocese, or to the throne of the Imperial City of Constantinople, and there let it be tried." This has been interpreted as conferring on the see of Constantinople a greater privilege than what any council ever gave Rome (Johnson) or as of much lesser significance than that (Hefele).[33]

Thus in little more than a hundred years the structural arrangement by provinces envisaged by the First Council of Nicaea was, according to John H. Erickson, transformed into a system of five large divisions headed by the bishops of Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem. He does not use for these divisions the termpatriarchatebecause the termpatriarchas a uniform term for the heads of the divisions came into use only in the time of Emperor Justinian I in the following century, and because there is little suggestion that the divisions were regarded as quasi-sovereign entities, as patriarchates are in Eastern Orthodox ecclesiology.[34]Because of the decision of the Council of Ephesus, Cyprus maintained its independence from the Antioch division, and the arrangement did not apply outside the empire, where separate "catholicates" developed inMesopotamiaandArmenia.[22]

Map of the Pentarchy around the year 1000. White interior: conquered by the Islamic caliphates. White lined: temporarily occupied by the Islamic caliphates or emirates. Arrows: expansion.[35]

Formulation of the pentarchy theory

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The basic principles of the pentarchy theory, which, according to theByzantinisthistorian Milton V. Anastos,[36]"reached its highest development in the period from the eleventh century to the middle of the fifteenth", go back to the 6th-century Justinian I, who often stressed the importance of all five of the patriarchates mentioned, especially in the formulation of dogma.[19]

Justinian was the first to use (in 531) the title of "patriarch" to designate exclusively the bishops of Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem, setting the bishops of these five sees on a level superior to that of metropolitans.[22][37]

Justinian's scheme for arenovatio imperii(renewal of the empire) included, as well as ecclesiastical matters, a rewriting of Roman law in theCorpus Juris Civilisand an only partially successful reconquest of the West, including the city of Rome.[22][38]

When in 680Constantine IVcalled theThird Council of Constantinople,he summoned the metropolitans and other bishops of the jurisdiction of Constantinople; but since there were representatives of all five bishops to whom Justinian had given the title of Patriarch, the Council declared itself ecumenical.[39]This has been interpreted as signifying that a council is ecumenical if attended by representatives of all five patriarchs.[22]

The first Council classified (in the East, but not in the West, which did not participate in it) as ecumenical that mentioned together all five sees of the pentarchy in the order indicated by Justinian I is theCouncil in Trulloof 692, which was called byJustinian II:"Renewing the enactments by the 150 Fathers assembled at the God-protected and imperial city, and those of the 630 who met at Chalcedon; we decree that the see of Constantinople shall have equal privileges with the see of Old Rome, and shall be highly regarded in ecclesiastical matters as that is, and shall be second after it. After Constantinople shall be ranked the See of Alexandria, then that of Antioch, and afterwards the See of Jerusalem."[40]

The 7th and 8th centuries saw an increasing attribution of significance to the pentarchy as the five pillars of the Church upholding its infallibility: it was held to be impossible that all five should at the same time be in error.[22]They were compared to the five senses of the human body, all equal and entirely independent of each other, and none with ascendancy over the others.[19]

The Byzantine view of the pentarchy had a strongly anti-Roman orientation, being put forward against the Roman claim to the final word on all Church matters and to the right to judge even the patriarchs.[19]This was not a new claim: in about 446Pope Leo Ihad expressly claimed authority over the whole Church: "The care of the universal Church should converge towards Peter's one seat, and nothing anywhere should be separated from its Head."[22][41]In a synod held in Rome in 864,Pope Nicholas Ideclared that no ecumenical council could be called without authorization by Rome; and, untilPope Hadrian II(867–872), none of the Popes recognized the legitimacy of all four eastern patriarchs, but only those of Alexandria and Antioch.[22]

The principal adviser of the two last-named popes,Anastasius Bibliothecarius,accepted the Byzantine comparison of the pentarchy with the five senses of the human body, but added the qualification that the patriarchate of Rome, which he likened to the sense of sight, ruled the other four.[19]

While the theory of the pentarchy is still upheld by theGreek Orthodox Churchsuccessor to the Byzantine Church, it is questioned by other Eastern Orthodox, who view it as "a highly artificial theory, never implemented until the great 5c. debates over Christology had removed the Alexandrian (Coptic) Church from communion and fatally split the weakened Church of Antioch. In addition the theory's insistence on the sovereignty of these five patriarchs was at least debatable".[42]

The five ancient Patriarchates, (the Pentarchy), listed in order of preeminence ranked by theQuinisext Councilin 692:

The five ancient Patriarchates (the Pentarchy)
Title Church Recognition / Additional notes
Patriarch of Rome the Pope of Rome Originallyprimus inter paresaccording to Eastern Orthodoxy, recognized in 325 byFirst Council of Nicaea.Currently not an Episcopal or Patriarchal authority in the Eastern Orthodox Church, followingthe Great Schism in 1054.
Patriarch of Constantinople the chief of theOrthodox Church of Constantinople Theprimus inter paresofpost-SchismEastern Orthodoxy,recognized in 381 byFirst Council of Constantinople.
Patriarch of Alexandria the Pope of All Africa and the chief of theGreek Orthodox Church of Alexandria Recognized in 325 byFirst Council of Nicaea.
Patriarch of Antioch the head of theGreek Orthodox Church of Antioch and All the Eastin the Near East Recognized in 325 byFirst Council of Nicaea.
Patriarch of Jerusalem the chief of theEastern Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalemin Israel, Palestine, Jordan and All Arabia Recognized in 451 byCouncil of Chalcedon.

After the East–West Schism

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By 661, the MuslimRashidun Caliphatehadtaken overthe territories assigned to the patriarchates of Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem, which thereafter were never more than partially and temporarily recovered. In 732,Leo III the Isaurian,in revenge for the opposition ofPope Gregory IIIto the emperor'siconoclastpolicies, transferred Sicily, Calabria and Illyria from the patriarchate of Rome (whose jurisdiction until then extended as far east as Thessalonica) to that of Constantinople.[43]

Nearly all the Byzantine writers who treated the subject of the pentarchy assumed that Constantinople, as the seat of the ruler of the empire and therefore of the world, was the highest among the patriarchates and, like the emperor, had the right to govern them.[19]This feeling was further intensified after theEast–West Schismin 1054,[22]which reduced the pentarchy to a tetrarchy, but it existed long before that. The idea that with the transfer of the imperial capital from Rome to Constantinople primacy in the Church was also transferred is found in undeveloped form as early asJohn Philoponus(c. 490 – c. 570); it was enunciated in its most advanced form byPhotios I of Constantinople(c. 810 – c. 893), and was embraced by his successors, includingCallistus Ι(1350–1353, 1355–1363),Philotheus(1353–1354, 1364–1376), and Nilus (1379–1388).[19]

Thus, for the Byzantines of the first half of the second millennium, the government of the Christian Church was a primacy belonging to the patriarchate of Constantinople, which however was choosing not to insist on it with regard to the west. This was illustrated byNilus Doxapatris,who in 1142–43 insisted strongly on the primacy of the Church of Constantinople, which he regarded as inherited from Rome because of the transfer of the capital and because Rome had fallen into the hands of the barbarians, but who expressly restricted Byzantine authority to the other three eastern patriarchates. Patriarch Callistus, mentioned above, did the same about two hundred years later. "In other words, Rome was definitely excluded from the Constantinopolitan sphere of influence and put on a par with Constantinople, as can be inferred from Nilus's statement that the bishops of Constantinople and Rome, and only these two, were called oecumenical patriarchs."[19]

Rise of other patriarchates

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Map ofBulgariaduring the reign ofSimeon I(893–927)

The Patriarchate of Constantinople recognized the patriarchal status of theBulgarian Orthodox Church(Metropolitanate ofPreslav) in 927,[44]which thus became the first autocephalousPatriarchateoutside the empire recognized by the Orthodox Church. (Recognition had not been granted to the patriarchates of theChurch of the EastandOriental Orthodoxy.) TheGeorgian Orthodox and Apostolic Churchbecame autocephalous in 486 and was elevated to Patriarchate in 1010. TheSerbian Orthodox Churchbecame autocephalous in 1219, and was elevated to Patriarchate in 1346 (although deemed schismatic at first).[45]TheRussian Orthodox Church(Metropolitanate of Moscow) was recognized as elevated to Patriarchate in 1589.[46]

Today the Eastern Orthodox Church includes nine patriarchates:Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople;Patriarchate of Alexandria;Patriarchate of Antioch;Bulgarian Patriarchate;Georgian Patriarchate;Patriarchate of Jerusalem;Russian Patriarchate;Romanian Patriarchate;Serbian Patriarchate.

Within the Catholic Church, in addition to Rome itself andJerusalem,the cities ofVenice,LisbonandGoaalso have status as patriarchates, established in 1451, 1716 and 1886 respectively. There have also been Latin Patriarchates for the remainder of the original pentarchy, namelyConstantinople,AlexandriaandAntioch,but these were all abolished in 1964.[47]There are, however, various Eastern Catholic Patriarchs who lay claim to these sees.[citation needed]

Lastly, there’s also thePatriarchate of the West Indies,which has been vacant since 1963.[citation needed]

The Western Catholic patriarchates are not autocephalous, like their Eastern Catholic counterparts; they are largely honorific titles, and the other patriarchs are all subject to the Patriarch of Rome, i.e. the Pope.[citation needed]

Outside views

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TheRoman Catholic Churchhas partially recognized the Pentarchy,[citation needed]as an equal Pentarchy[citation needed]withan order of precedencestarting with Rome (immediately followed by Constantinople).Oriental Orthodoxystill holds to the theory of the three Petrine sees.[citation needed]TheAssyrian Church of the Eastdoes not recognize the pentarchy.

Current patriarchs of the five sees

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The following are the current archbishops of the Pentarchal sees, along with the churches that recognize them.

See Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodox Church
Rome Francis(Latin Church) None None
Constantinople None Bartholomew I(Church of Constantinople) Sahak II Mashalian(Armenian Apostolic Church)
Alexandria Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak(Coptic Catholic Church) Theodore II(Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria) Tawadros II(Coptic Orthodox Church)
Antioch
John X(Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch)
Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa(Latin Church) Theophilos III(Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem) Nourhan Manougian(Armenian Apostolic Church)

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