Pentarchy
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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 patriarchates of the undivided Church of the first millennium of her history as "The Pentrarchy", which includes the Churches of Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria (Egypt), Antioch, and Jerusalem.[1]Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag. The members of the Pentarchy all participated in some form in the first eight Ecumenical Councils, from A.D. 325 to 880.[2]