Papal supremacy and the Orthodox Church

 

The Eastern Orthodox Church is opposed to the Roman Catholic doctrine of papal supremacy. While not denying that primacy does exist for the Bishop of Rome, Eastern Orthodox Christians argue that the tradition of Rome's primacy in the early Church was not equivalent to the current doctrine of supremacy.

The Bishop of Rome, according to the Orthodox, is simply “first among equals” (primus inter pares). 

This Blog will post important documents from the Orthodox tradition on this issue, from time to time. They are the following:

The Role of the Bishop of Rome in the Communion of the Church in the First Millennium

Position of the Moscow Patriarchate on the problem of primacy in the Universal Church