the nations. [Rome] is the first see and the head of the patriarchs.??? (Memra 9; Risha 1) Furthermore, Abdisho asserts ??????And as the patriarch has authority to do all he wishes in a fitting manner in such things as are beneath his authority, so the patriarch of Rome has authority over all patriarchs, like the blessed Peter over all the community, for he who is in Rome also keeps the office of