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Did Pope Leo I copy the structure of the government of Rome into the Catholic Church?
With the office of the Pope being the equivalent of the Emperor, the college of Cardinals as the Senate, etc.? I know that hw was a great admirer of the structure of the government of Rome. Can you please give me references upon which you base your opinion?
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
His main significance in the Catholic chuirch is as the Pope who "decreed" that the Pope was infallible.
It is probable that he did use the structure of the Roman empire as a basis for the structure of the Church - after all he had lived all his life under that system and knew it much better than any other (my only hesitation is saying that he admired the system was that by the time of his reign as Pope the Roman Empire had begun its decline and was corrupt.)