Celestial Grace Temple Apostolic See What Is an Apostolic See?

Celestial Grace Temple Apostolic See What is An Apostolic See?

In Christianity, an apostolic see is any episcopal see whose foundation is attributed to one or more of the apostles of Jesus.

The fourth canon of the First Council of Nicaea of (325 AD), attributed to the bishop of the capital (metropolis) of each Roman province (the "metropolitan bishop") a position of authority among the bishops of the province, without reference to the founding figure of that bishop's see. Its sixth canon recognized the wider authority, extending beyond a single province, traditionally held by Rome and Alexandria, and the prerogatives of the churches in Antioch and the other provinces.

Of Aelia, the Roman city built on the site of the destroyed city of Jerusalem, the council's seventh canon reads: "Since custom and ancient tradition have prevailed that the Bishop of Aelia should be honoured, let him, saving its due dignity to the Metropolis, have the next place of honor."

The metropolis in question is generally taken to be Caesarea Maritima, though in the late 19th century Philip Schaff also mentioned other views.

This Council of Nicaea, being held in (325 AD), of course made no mention of Constantinople, a city which was only officially founded five years later, at which point it became the capital of the Empire.

But the First Council of Constantinople (381 AD), decreed in a canon of disputed validity: "The Bishop of Constantinople, however, shall have the prerogative of honor after the Bishop of Rome; because Constantinople is New Rome."]

Celestial Grace Temple Apostolic See A century after the Council of Chalcedon (451 AD), and the ensuing schism between those who accepted it and those who rejected it, Eastern Orthodox Christianity wove these two sources together to develop the theory of the Pentarchy:

"Formulated in the legislation of the emperor Justinian I (527–565 AD), especially in his Novella, the theory received formal ecclesiastical sanction at the Council in Trullo (692), which ranked the five sees as Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem."

Earlier, the Council of Ephesus decreed in (431 AD), that the Church of Cyprus should be autocephalous, against the claims of Antioch, the capital of the Roman diocese of the East, of which Cyprus was part.

May the grace of God be with you always --- Amen. Pastor Andy Anderson Celestial Grace Ministry