| Of its several patriarchates four reminiscent the pentarchy, while its autocephalous and autonomous churches reflect or variety of hierarchical organisation. |
| Eastern Orthodox responses to Ut unum sint have not been well registered primarily because each pentarchy operates autonomously. |
| But, as in the Saxon times this country was an heptarchy, it is now a strange sort of pentarchy. |
| In 1846 Russia was the first power of Europe, and at a great distance ahead of all other members of the pentarchy. |
| However, by the dawn of history this pentarchy no longer existed. |
