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Calvin's Institutes: August 15
Today’s Readings Podcast DescriptionHow did the limited influence of the ancient Roman bishops grow into the unbridled claims of the later Papacy? In these sections of the Institutes, Calvin traces the decisive turns. Leo bitterly opposed the honour given to Constantinople at Chalcedon, moved less by doctrine than by fear of losing primacy. Gregory firmly rejected the title of universal patriarch for anyone, including himself, declaring that such a claim diminished the honour of all other bishops. Yet after Phocas conceded the headship of the churches to Rome, and after Pepin and Charlemagne…
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