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Century: V–VI

Petrine Ministry
Did the Council of Chalcedon (AD 451) confirm the special doctrinal authority of the Roman see?
The Eastern bishops at Chalcedon had spent years in conflict with Rome on other questions. Their spontaneous Petrine acclamation was not diplomatic…
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2 sources AD 449–451
Eschatology
Did Augustine of Hippo — the most influential theologian of the Western Church — teach the existence of a state of post-mortem purification corresponding to the Catholic doctrine of Purgatory?
Augustine's qualification is theologically important: he does not say everyone goes through purgatorial fire — only those who have minor sins not…
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3 sources AD 413–430

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