The council also ratified an agreement between Antioch and Jerusalem, whereby Jerusalem held jurisdiction over three provinces,<ref>Fourth Ecumenical Council, [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf214.xi.xv.html Decree on the Jurisdiction of Jerusalem and Antioch]</ref> numbering it among the five great sees.<ref>[[Timothy Ware|Bishop Kallistos (Ware)]] (1963), ''The Orthodox Church'' (Penguin Books, London, ISBN 0-14-020592-6), p. 34</ref> There were now five patriarchs presiding over the Church within the Byzantine Empire, in the following order of precedence: the [[List of Popes of Rome|Patriarch of Rome]], the [[Patriarch of Constantinople]], the [[Patriarch of Alexandria]], the [[List of Patriarchs of Antioch|Patriarch of Antioch]] and the [[Patriarch of Jerusalem]] (see [[Pentarchy]]).