The Church of Rome was part of the ancient Pentarchy and the only apostolic see founded in the West. Until roughly 1054, the usual center-point for the Great Schism, the Church of Rome was in full communion with the rest of the Orthodox Church.
This article is about the ancient Church of Rome rather than the modern day Roman Catholic Church.
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