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[[File:1024px-Pentarchy 565 CE.png|thumbnail|500px|Pentarchy in 565 AD.]]
 
'''Pentarchy''', meaning literally "rule of five" is from a [[Greek]] term ''pentarchia'', from ''pente'' "five" + ''archien'' "to rule". The general meaning of Pentarchy today is as a term designating the five ancient [[patriarch]]ates of the undivided [[Church]] of the first millennium of her history as "''The Pentrarchy''", which includes the Churches of [[Rome]], [[Istanbul|Constantinople]], [[Alexandria]] (Egypt), [[Antioch]], and [[Jerusalem]].<ref>[https://orthodoxwiki.org/Pentarchy Pentarchy (orthodoxwiki.org)]</ref><ref>[http://orthodoxinfo.com/general/history.aspx A History of the Orthodox Church: Outline (orthodoxinfo.com)]</ref>
 
'''Pentarchy''', meaning literally "rule of five" is from a [[Greek]] term ''pentarchia'', from ''pente'' "five" + ''archien'' "to rule". The general meaning of Pentarchy today is as a term designating the five ancient [[patriarch]]ates of the undivided [[Church]] of the first millennium of her history as "''The Pentrarchy''", which includes the Churches of [[Rome]], [[Istanbul|Constantinople]], [[Alexandria]] (Egypt), [[Antioch]], and [[Jerusalem]].<ref>[https://orthodoxwiki.org/Pentarchy Pentarchy (orthodoxwiki.org)]</ref><ref>[http://orthodoxinfo.com/general/history.aspx A History of the Orthodox Church: Outline (orthodoxinfo.com)]</ref>
  
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