Traditional ecclesiastical jurisdictions of
primates in
Christianity, sorted according to earliest
apostolic legacy and branched where multiple denominational claimants: bold blue = Catholic Church, light blue = Eastern Orthodox Church, bold/light green = Oriental Orthodoxy, italic blue = Nestorianism | |||||||||||||||||||||
Early Christianity ( Antiquity) (30–325/476) |
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Middle Ages (476–1517) |
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Early Modern era (1517–1789) |
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Late Modern era (since 1789) |
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