Primacy, S. Peter's, defended by specific scriptural proof, unbroken succession, and perpetual recognition, [164];
attested by S. Ignatius, [218];
by S. Irenæus, [267];
by Tertullian, [352];
by S. Cyprian, [326-331];
necessary to the Church's unity, [146-8];
is linked with jurisdiction, and is the expression of Christ's sovereignty, [345];
brought out by the questions of penance, rebaptising heretics, and keeping Easter, [351-5];
in it lies the unity of the Episcopate, [334].
Pythagoras, [377];