Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the major suffragans of the latin patriarch of jerusalem during the crusades”. Today it says “metropolitan see of the eastern orthodox patriarchate of jerusalem and also a titular see of the catholic churc”.
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Titular see of the Catholic Church The archiepiscopal see of Caesarea in Palaestina , also known as Caesarea Maritima , is now a metropolitan see of the Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem and also a titular see of the Catholic Church . It was one of the earliest Christian bishoprics, and was a metropolitan see at the time of the First Council of Nicaea , but was later subjected to the Patriarchate of Jerusalem . The city remained largely Christian until the Crusades , its bishop maintaining close ties to the Byzantine Empire . After the establishment of the Kingdom of Jerusalem by the crusaders, the see was transformed into a Latin archdiocese, subordinate to the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
The Archbishop of Caesarea was one of the major suffragans of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem during the Crusades . The Bishop of Caesarea became metropolitan of Palestine in the early 3rd century but after the Council of Chalcedon in 451 he was subordinate to the Patriarch of Jerusalem. His see was at Caesarea Maritima a port city in Palestine.
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The archiepiscopal see of Caesarea in Palaestina , also known as Caesarea Maritima , is now a metropolitan see of the Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem and also a titular see of the Catholic Church .It was one of the earliest Christian bishoprics, and was a metropolitan see at the time of the First Council of Nicaea , but was later subjected to the Patriarchate of Jerusalem .The city remained largely Christian until the Crusades , its bishop maintaining close ties to the Byzantine Empire .After the establishment of the Kingdom of Jerusalem by the crusaders, the see was transformed into a Latin archdiocese, subordinate to the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the major suffragans of the latin patriarch of jerusalem during the crusades”. Today it says “metropolitan see of the eastern orthodox patriarchate of jerusalem and also a titular see of the catholic churc”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
one of the major suffragans of the latin patriarch of jerusalem during the crusades
Now
metropolitan see of the eastern orthodox patriarchate of jerusalem and also a titular see of the catholic churc
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