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The term “[[Apostolic See]]” can refer to any see founded by one of the Twelve Apostles, but, when used with the definite article, it is used in the Catholic Church to refer specifically to the see of the Bishop of Rome, whom that Church sees as successor of [[Saint Peter]], the chief of the [[apostles]].
The term “[[Apostolic See]]” can refer to any see founded by one of the Twelve Apostles, but, when used with the definite article, it is used in the Catholic Church to refer specifically to the see of the Bishop of Rome, whom that Church sees as successor of [[Saint Peter]], the chief of the [[apostles]].
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This formal and unemotional form of pseudo-religious patriotism was doomed to collapse, even as the highly [[intellectual]] and [[art]]istic [[worship]] of the Greeks had gone down before the fervid and deeply emotional worship of the mystery [[cult]]s. The greatest of these devastating cults was the mystery religion of the Mother of God sect, which had its headquarters, in those days, on the exact site of the present church of St. Peter's in Rome.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_98#98:3._THE_MELCHIZEDEK_TEACHINGS_IN_ROME]
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