Rome instead started from the principle that most of the territory of the new eparchy depended on the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, of which the patriarch of Antioch was only administrator, and that the conditions of this administration had never been determined or clarified.
Sedangkan Tahta Suci berprinsip bahwa sebagian besar wilayah eparki baru tunduk pada Patriarkat Yerusalem, yaitu Patriark Antiokhia hanyalah seorang administrator, dan syarat-syarat administrasi tersebut tidak pernah ditentukan atau diklarifikasi.