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The Church of Rome and the Bishop of Rome
Scholars differ on details such as how soon the church of rome was led by a single bishop, but hardly any doubt that it was still led by a group of presbyters for at least a part of the second century. It's not just that we have no mention of a single bishop in the church of Rome in allth orce material; early on there are several references to presbyters presiding over the church and i've talked about that more in my vidios. For example, amvarct is stated that the roman bishop has the prerogative of convoking and presiding over ecumenical councils. None of the first seven Ecumenical councils are conv