the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East

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• Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East — ▪ Eastern Orthodoxy also called  Orthodox Church Of Antioch,         autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox patriarchate, third in honorific rank after the churches of Constantinople and Alexandria; it is the largest Arab… …   Universalium

• Patriarch of Antioch — is a traditional title carried by the Bishop of Antioch. As the traditional overseer (επισκοπος, episkopos , from which the word bishop is derived) of the first gentile Christian community, the position has been of prime importance in the church… …   Wikipedia

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• Patriarch — Originally a patriarch was a man who exercised autocratic authority as a pater familias over an extended family. The system of such rule of families by senior males is called patriarchy. This is a Greek word, a composition of polytonic|πατήρ… …   Wikipedia

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• Latin Patriarch of Antioch — The Latin Patriarch of Antioch was an office established in the aftermath of the First Crusade by Bohemund, founder of the Principality of Antioch. The Patriarch of Antioch was one of the major ecclesiastical authorities in the Crusader states… …   Wikipedia

• Patriarchs of the east — The Catholic patriarchs of the east are generally speaking the head bishops of some of the autonomous Eastern Catholic Churches. Each patriarch of the east has authority over all bishops of a particular eastern rite church. These patriarchs are… …   Wikipedia

• East-West Schism — The East West Schism, or the Great Schism, divided medieval Christendom into Eastern (Greek) and Western (Latin) branches, which later became known as the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church, respectively. Relations between East and… …   Wikipedia