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On the first anniversary of his election to the papacy, Leo the Great stood before the assembly of bishops convening in Rome and forcefully asserted his privileged position as the heir of Peter the Apostle. This declaration marked the beginning of a powerful tradition: the Bishop of Rome would henceforth leverage the cult of St. Peter, and the popular association of St. Peter with the city itself, to his advantage. In The Invention of Peter, George E. Demacopoulos examines this Petrine discourse, revealing how the link between the historic Peter and the Roman Church strengthened, shifted, and evolved during the papacies of two of the most creative and dynamic popes of late antiquity, ultimately shaping medieval Christianity as we now know it. By emphasizing the ways in which this rhetoric of apostolic privilege was employed, extended, transformed, or resisted between the reigns of Leo the Great and Gregory the Great, Demacopoulos offers an alternate account of papal history that challenges the dominant narrative of an inevitable and unbroken rise in papal power from late antiquity through the Middle Ages. He unpacks escalating claims to ecclesiastical authority, demonstrating how this rhetoric, which almost always invokes a link to St. Peter, does not necessarily represent actual power or prestige but instead reflects moments of papal anxiety and weakness. Through its nuanced examination of an array of episcopal activity-diplomatic, pastoral, political, and administrative-The Invention of Peter offers a new perspective on the emergence of papal authority and illuminates the influence that Petrine discourse exerted on the survival and exceptional status of the Bishop of Rome.

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Popes --- Petrine office. --- Primacy. --- Petrine office --- Primacy --- 262.131.1 --- -Holy See --- See, Holy --- Papacy --- Petrine function --- Petrine ministry --- Petrine primacy --- Church --- Papacy and Christian union --- Pausschap: voorrang van de stoel van Petrus --- Apostolicity --- -Pausschap: voorrang van de stoel van Petrus --- 262.131.1 Pausschap: voorrang van de stoel van Petrus --- -Petrine function --- Holy See --- Papal primacy --- Primacy of Peter --- Primacy of the Pope --- Supremacy of the Pope --- Supremacy --- Popes - Primacy

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Church government --- Popes --- Petrine office. --- Papacy and Christian union. --- Primacy. --- -Petrine office --- Papacy and Christian union --- 262.13 --- Christian union and the papacy --- Christian union --- Petrine office --- Petrine function --- Petrine ministry --- Petrine primacy --- Church --- Holy See --- See, Holy --- Papacy --- Primacy --- Pausschap. Heilige Stoel. Vaticaan. Paus als soeverein --- Apostolicity --- 262.13 Pausschap. Heilige Stoel. Vaticaan. Paus als soeverein --- Papal primacy --- Primacy of Peter --- Primacy of the Pope --- Supremacy of the Pope --- Supremacy --- 262.13 Papacy. Holy See. Vatican. Pope as sovereign --- Papacy. Holy See. Vatican. Pope as sovereign --- Popes - Primacy.

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Popes --- Conciliar theory --- Petrine office --- Primacy --- History of doctrines --- Leo --- Council of Ephesus --- Council of Chalcedon --- 262.131.1 --- -Petrine office --- -Popes --- -Conciliarism --- Holy See --- See, Holy --- Papacy --- Petrine function --- Petrine ministry --- Petrine primacy --- Church --- Papacy and Christian union --- Pausschap: voorrang van de stoel van Petrus --- -History of doctrines --- -Primacy --- -Apostolicity --- Leo I, Pope --- -Pausschap: voorrang van de stoel van Petrus --- -Leo I, Pope --- 262.131.1 Pausschap: voorrang van de stoel van Petrus --- -262.131.1 Pausschap: voorrang van de stoel van Petrus --- Conciliarism --- Apostolicity --- Leo I (Magnus) --- Latrocinium --- Robber Council --- Robber Synod --- Synode von Ephesus --- Chalcedon, Council of, --- Concilio di Calcedonia --- Konzil von Chalkedon --- Concilium Chalcedonense --- Léon --- Leo, --- Léon, --- Leon, --- Leone, --- Popes - Primacy - History of doctrines - Early church, ca 30-600 --- Conciliar theory - History of doctrines - Early church, ca 30-600 --- Petrine office - History of doctrines - Early church, ca 30-600 --- Leo - I, - Pope, - -461

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Bible --- Church government --- Petrine office --- Popes --- Papacy --- Church orders, Ancient. --- Biblical teaching. --- Primacy. --- History. --- 262.131.1 --- Church orders, Ancient --- -Petrine office --- -Popes --- -Holy See --- See, Holy --- Petrine function --- Petrine ministry --- Petrine primacy --- Church --- Papacy and Christian union --- Holy See --- Ancient church orders --- Christian literature, Early --- Liturgies, Early Christian --- Pausschap: voorrang van de stoel van Petrus --- History --- Biblical teaching --- Primacy --- Apostolicity --- Peter the Apostle, Saint --- -Pausschap: voorrang van de stoel van Petrus --- 262.131.1 Pausschap: voorrang van de stoel van Petrus --- -Ancient church orders --- Papal primacy --- Primacy of Peter --- Primacy of the Pope --- Supremacy of the Pope --- Supremacy --- Catholic Church --- Church of Rome --- Roman Catholic Church --- Katholische Kirche --- Katolyt︠s︡ʹka t︠s︡erkva --- Römisch-Katholische Kirche --- Römische Kirche --- Ecclesia Catholica --- Eglise catholique --- Eglise catholique-romaine --- Katolicheskai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ --- Chiesa cattolica --- Iglesia Católica --- Kościół Katolicki --- Katolicki Kościół --- Kościół Rzymskokatolicki --- Nihon Katorikku Kyōkai --- Katholikē Ekklēsia --- Gereja Katolik --- Kenesiyah ha-Ḳatolit --- Kanisa Katoliki --- כנסיה הקתולית --- כנסייה הקתולית --- 가톨릭교 --- 천주교 --- Petrine office - Biblical teaching. --- Popes - Primacy. --- Papacy - History.