Edited sentence: A bishop from Caesarea named Firimilian sided with Cyprian in his dispute, seething against Stephen's "insulting arrogance" and claims of authority based on the See of Peter.Cyprian's argument won out the day, with Pope Stephen's claims meeting rejection.The Petrine proof text first occurs historically in a dispute between Cyprian of Carthage and Pope Stephen.William Kling states that by the end of second century that Rome was a significant, if not unique, center of Christianity, but held no convincing claim to primacy