Home›Christianity›Polity›Papal Primacy PolityDoctrinePapal Primacy PolityChurch, Sacraments and AuthorityScriptural and Theological TraditionVerifiedPapal primacy polity is the church-governance form in which the bishop of Rome, the pope, is the visible head of the whole church and the bishops govern in union with him. The Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 882, calls the pope the perpetual and visible source and foundation of the unity both of the bishops and of the whole company of the faithful, and says that as pastor of the entire Church he has full, supreme and universal power over it. Paragraph 883 adds that the college of bishops has no authority unless it is united with the pope as its head. The form therefore keeps an episcopal structure, with bishops in charge of local churches, but places one universal primate over it. In this atlas it is the polity value used for Roman Catholicism.Papal Primacy PolityConnectionsSourcesTake a Related QuizComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Papal Primacy PolityFilter Results1 entrySizeAll25,000,000 to 1,750,000,000 (1)Originated InAllRome (1)Origin EraAll30 (1)Parent ReligionAllChristianity (1)Establishment StatusAllVaries by Province (1)Marriage PositionAllMarriage is held to be a lifelong, monogamous, indissoluble union; remarriage after divorce is not sanctioned while a spouse lives (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (1)Sexuality PositionAllSame-sex sexual relationships are held contrary to teaching; LGBT individuals are welcomed as members but not ordained, and same-sex unions are not blessed (1)Church FamilyAllCatholic Churches (1)Liturgical LanguageAllLatin (1)Vernacular Language (1)Ordination PracticeAllCelibacy required of the ordained (1)Married clergy permitted (1)Restricted to men (1)Show ResultsRoman CatholicismPapal Primacy PolityConnectionsBelongs to TraditionRoman Catholicism, Denominations Well-attested Source Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2nd editionHoly Seetier 1the holders' own accountPolity OfRoman Catholicism, Denominations Well-attested SourcesCatechism of the Catholic Church, 2nd editiontier 1Holy See, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1997paragraphs 882-883the holders' own accountView the SourceCatechism of the Catholic Church, Paragraph 4: Christ's Faithful, Hierarchy, Laity, Consecrated Life (Vatican)paragraph 882Quote, paragraph 882is the perpetual and visible source and foundation of the unity both of the bishops and of the whole company of the faithful.View the SourceTake a Related QuizDoctrines: BeginnerCovers this kind of entry.Doctrines: ExpertCovers this kind of entry.Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.