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The pope does not have any authority in the Orthodox Church. The pope only has authority over Roman Catholics.
The Pope's move and the establishment of a rival pope divided the Church's supporters.
Expert authority: is earned if the team respects one's skills as a project manager or subject-matter expert.
Catholics obey the pope because he is their spiritual leader.
As the successor of Saint Peter, supreme authority is vested in the Pope. He has universal jurisdiction and all Catholic bishops may only use their authority when they are in communion with the Pope.
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It was believed that only the Pope had authority to interpret scripture.
Adjudication means to give power, right, or authority.
The Pope's role in the Medieval society is to represent the spiritual authority of the Church and, later, the state authority, which was normally represented by a King or Emperor, but was changed with the argument titled the 'Doctrine of Swords', which claimed that the Pope had authority over both the church andthe state.
God is their final authority; however I think you are asking in terms of the Pope for the Catholic religion. The Protestant faith does not have an earthly authority figure such as the Pope; there are leaders within the church but not a single authority figure as is found in the Catholic faith.
The pope is the leader of the entire Christian Church. However, only Catholics recognize this authority.
Papacy is the correct answer.