Bishops of Dardania

“It is a protestation of the fidelity of Eastern bishops to the Apostolic See, that they observe in everything the precepts of their fathers and follow inviolably the rules of the holy canons, and so endeavor to obey all, with a common faith and an equal devotion to the Apostolic See of the Roman pontiff exalted and angelic.” (Bishops of Dardania (Balkans), Writing to Pope Gelasius I, Mansi VIII [c. A.D. 494].