WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Five ancient patriarchates of the Pentarchy, headed by patriarchs as the highest-ranking bishops in the Christian Church prior to the East–West Schism, were the patriarchates of Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem.

Detailed explanation-2: -Pope. The 266th bishop of Rome is Pope Francis, who was elected on the 13th of March 2013. As bishop of Rome the pope is the patriarch of the Latin Church, the largest of the Catholic Church’s 24 autonomous (sui iuris) churches. He is also head of the college of bishops which governs the universal church.

Detailed explanation-3: -patriarch, Latin Patriarcha, Greek Patriarchēs, title used for some Old Testament leaders (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Jacob’s 12 sons) and, in some Christian churches, a title given to bishops of important sees.

Detailed explanation-4: -The patriarchs of the Bible, when narrowly defined, are Abraham, his son Isaac, and Isaac’s son Jacob, also named Israel, the ancestor of the Israelites. These three figures are referred to collectively as the patriarchs, and the period in which they lived is known as the patriarchal age.

Detailed explanation-5: -Pope, bishop, cardinal, priest.

Detailed explanation-6: -Orthodox Churches, the rank are, from the lowest to the highest, as follow: bishop, archbishop, metropolitan, patriarch. Thus, an archbishop from an E. Orthodox Church of Greek tradition is equivalent to a metropolitan in the other E. Orthodox Churches.