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I wasn't referring to the existence of a Papal state as a territorial fact but more that as I understand it from very early times the Papacy claimed religious primacy over the other Patriarchs and all Christians wherever they lived.

Not as we know it but bound to be some divisions, especially as the faith maintains control of its territories OTL lost to Islam and also spreads into other areas. Its simply too big an area plus too many political advantages for clerics to squabble over doctrine as a way of seeking to extend...