No schism if West Roman Empire existed

No Schism if West Roman Empire existed

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While would be probable, if would be the imperial political will to do, that ATL Emperor's residence/capital city would be become an intellectual/theological center and those increases its prestige... the mentioned city was too near from the, OTL, imperial borders.


I know, but I was referring, in specific, to the situation in the Roman Empire both OTL or ATL.
A lot of the Western Emperors prior to Theodosius stayed in Trier a lot in original timeline.
 
A lot of the Western Emperors prior to Theodosius stayed in Trier a lot in original timeline

I guess that would be very hard, still if there was an official politics that a Residence Imperial, only for this fact, would rise suffice in status and prestige... at least in the short term... but beyond in an ATL... we only can extrapolate and/or speculate about the OTL Church and Imperial political/administrative precedents and/or trends...
 
I guess that would be very hard, still if there was an official politics that a Residence Imperial, only for this fact, would rise suffice in status and prestige... at least in the short term... but beyond in an ATL... we only can extrapolate and/or speculate about the OTL Church and Imperial political/administrative precedents and/or trends...
Maybe a neo-Gallic Empire that broke away for a few decades but then reunified the west?The Gallic Empire will probably need a patriarchate of their own for the duration of their rule in Gaul.
 
So... if the West Roman Empire existed, the bishop of Rome/pope would not claim to be supreme over other churches (Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch...) like in OTL.

The Pope claimed supremacy over other Churches even before the fall of the West, and I see no reason why he'd stop doing so in a TL where the Western Empire is still around.
 
Italy actually has two Patriarchates (Rome and Venice). But the Venetian (earlier, Aquileian) one emerged later and was always firmly subordinate to Rome.

I did not know this. Supposedly comes directly from Saint Mark. If so, this opens up somewhere like Spain as a western patriarchal seat via James the Greater along similar lines. Though of course, Venice is a lot easier to propagate than Spain due to location.
 
I did not know this. Supposedly comes directly from Saint Mark. If so, this opens up somewhere like Spain as a western patriarchal seat via James the Greater along similar lines. Though of course, Venice is a lot easier to propagate than Spain due to location.

Lisbon (ok, technically not Spain, but that's a modern distinction) has a Patriarchy as well, indeed. But these are later developments.
 
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