By 200 Rome was the most imminent and influential church. Rome's growing power is illustrated in the Easter controversy. In the West Easter was always celebrated on Sunday, while in Asia Minor it was celebrated on the fourteenth of Nisan, regardless of the day it was. The controversy became so acute that synods were held in Rome and Palestine on the matter. The universal church is composed of all the local churches.
Local churches are to work in a collective fashion.
Apostolic teaching is fully preserved in the Scriptures.