Apostolic Throne

Apostolic thrones

• Saint James the Just is associated with the Apostolic Throne of Jerusalem.
• Both the Roman Catholic Pope and the Patriarchs of Antioch consider themselves as occupying the Apostolic Throne of St. Peter, as Peter presided over the early church from those locations.
• *The Roman Catholic Pope resides on the Apostolic Throne of St. Peter in Rome
• *Eastern churches reside on the Apostolic Throne of St. Peter in Antioch. These includes the patriarchs of the Syriac Orthodox Church, the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch, the Syriac Catholic Church, the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, and the Maronite Church. Historically, there has also been a Latin patriarch of Antioch.
• The Coptic and Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria consider themselves as occupying the throne of St. Mark the Evangelist, who founded the Alexandrian church.
• The Catholicos of All Armenians of the Armenian Apostolic Church and consequently also the Armenian Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia and the Patriarchate of Cilicia of the Armenian Catholic Church all consider themselves as occupying the throne of both St. Jude the Apostle and St. Bartholomew.
• The historical Church of the East and consequently the Catholicos of Assyrian Church of the East and very recently the Patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East consider themselves also as successors of St.Thomas, a view also held by Syriac Orthodox, the Maphrian.
• Both the Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and the Marthoma Metropolitan of the Malankara Marthoma Syrian Church believe that they are occupying the Apostolic Throne of St. Thomas.
• Saint John was himself associated with the apostolic throne of Ephesus, although this Apostolic See has been canonically vacant since 1922.

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