{{quote|As a king sending forth governors, gives power to cast into prison and to deliver from it, so in sending these forth, Christ investeth them with the same power.<ref>"On the Gospel of John" On John xx. 10, 11. (Homily LXXXVI)</ref>|author=John Chrysostom}}
{{quote|... though He has delegated the care of His sheep to many shepherds, yet He has not Himself abandoned the guardianship of His beloved flock.<ref>''Sermon III''. (On His Birthday, III: Delivered on the Anniversary of His Elevation to the Pontificate, Chapter II)</ref>|author=[[Pope Leo I]]}} -->
=== Contoh-contoh dari sejarah ===
===Examples from history===
OrthodoxPara historianssejarawan alsoOrtodoks maintainjuga berpandangan bahwa pada zaman wewenang Roma that Rome's authority in the early Eastern Roman (or Byzantine) empire was recognized only partially because of Rome's Petrine character, and that this factor was not the decisive issue. MoreoverSelain itu, thebagi OrthodoxGereja viewOrtodoks isTimur, thathak-hak Rome'sistimewa privilegesRoma weretidaklah notdipahami understoodsebagai assuatu ankuasa absolute powermutlak (i.e.,primasi theberbeda difference between primacy anddari supremacysupremasi). InDi theTimur East,ada there were numerousbanyak "apostolictakhta seesrasuli", JerusalemYerusalem beingdipandang considered thesebagai "mother ofinduk allsegala churchesjemaat", anddan theUskup bishopAntiokhia ofpun Antiochdapat couldsaja alsomengklaim claimgelar thepengganti title of successor to PeterPetrus, beinglantaran thatPetrus Peter was the firstadalah [[List of Patriarchs ofPatriark AntiochAntiokhia|bishopUskup of AntiochAntiokhia]] yang pertama. "CanonKanon 28 of [[CouncilKonsili of Chalcedon|ChalcedonKalsedon]] was forbagi [theumat ByzantinesBizantin] oneadalah ofsalah thesatu essentialwacana-tertulis textsasasi forbagi the organization of theketatalaksanaan ChurchGereja: "'ItDemi isalasan-alasan foryang righttepatlah reasonshak-hak thatistimewa accordeddiberikan privilegeskepada toRoma old RomeLama, forlantaran thiskota cityini wasadalah thetempat seatkedudukan ofkaisar the Emperor and thedan Senatesenatus.' ...TheSalah reasonsatu whyalasan themengapa RomanGereja ChurchRoma haddiberi beenkeutamaan accordedyang antidak incontestabledapat precedencediganggu overgugat allmengatasi othersemua apostolicGereja churchesrasuli was that its Petrine and Paulineadalah 'apostolicity' was in fact added to themartabat cityrasuli'spositionPetrus asdan thePaulus capitalyang city,pada andkenyataannya onlyturut themengukuhkan conjunctionkedudukan ofkota bothitu ofsebagai thesesebuah elementsibu gavekota, thedan Bishopsemata-mata ofperpaduan Romekedua theunsur rightinilah toyang occupymemberi thehak placekepada ofUskup aRoma primateuntuk inmenempati thekedudukan Christianutama worlddi withDunia theKristen consensusatas ofmufakat all thesemua churchesGereja."<ref>{{cite book|title="Peter's Primacy in the New Testament and the Early Tradition" in The Primacy of Peter|author=Veselin Kesich|year=1992|publisher=St.Penerbit Vladimir'sSeminari SeminarySanto PressVladimirus|page= 68}}</ref> -->
