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The Adaptation Of The Papacy Within The Church, Kristyn Demers Jan 2024

The Adaptation Of The Papacy Within The Church, Kristyn Demers

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This short essay briefly details the changes within the Catholic Church's ecclesiology and its view of the papacy from its inception to the modern day. It focuses on the “witness” and “monarch” models that describe the structures of the church during the first and second millennia, and glances at the changes currently happening within the third millennium.

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