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1. Byzantine

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   The Byzantine Empire was fundamentally a theocratic state, where the Emperor held supreme authority in both secular and religious administration, a concept known as Caesaropapism. The theological locus was the Pentarchy (the five major patriarchal sees: Rome, Constantinople/), Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem), although rivalry with the [Bishop of Rome](…