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Bishop of Rome

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Noun1.Bishop of RomeBishop of Rome - the head of the Roman Catholic Church
Catholic Pope, Holy Father, pontiff, pope, Roman Catholic Pope, Vicar of Christ
papacy, pontificate - the government of the Roman Catholic Church
spiritual leader - a leader in religious or sacred affairs
Catholic - a member of a Catholic church
antipope - someone who is elected pope in opposition to another person who is held to be canonically elected; "the antipopes resided in Avignon during the Great Schism"


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Archbishop Williams praised the Pope's ecumenical commitment: "I have been heartened by the way in which from the very beginning of your ministry as Bishop of Rome, you have stressed the importance of ecumenism in your own ministry .
Canterbury, pope pray for unity by Anglican Journal
The omission seems be another way of saying that the patriarchs of the East are not to be compared in any way with the bishop of Rome.
Pope & patriarch by Misner, Paul / Commonweal
Disappointed by his loss to Cornelius in the Papal election of 251, the Roman priest Novatian became head of the rigorist faction that condemned leniency to those who had evaded martyrdom, and was consecrated as the rival Bishop of Rome.
Early heresies in the East: heresy Part I by Baldwin, Barry / Catholic Insight
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