RELIGIONS
CHRISTIANITY
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Question
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In the organization of the early Christian church, which group was smallest?
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patriarchs
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archbishops
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priests
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laity
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -The Four Marks of the Church first expressed in the Nicene Creed (381) are that the Church is one, holy, catholic (universal), and apostolic (originating from the apostles).
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