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Which is the basis of the pope's claim of authority?

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Answer:the idea that it was instituted by Christ.

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The Catholic doctrine of papal supremacy is based on the idea that it was instituted by Christ and that papal succession is traced back to Peter the Apostle in the 1st century.

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