<P> In the Lutheran Church of Sweden, the Archbishop of Uppsala is considered primus inter pares . </P> <P> In each local Harvest Bible Chapel (or Vertical Church), the Senior Pastor is an elder who is "first among equals" of the other elders within that local church . The church's position on what this means is that "All elders are equal in authority but not necessarily equal in influence ." This is differentiated from plural eldership where unanimous voting occurs . Instead, the governing principle is for the first among equals to possess a 50% voting block among a large group of elders . </P>

Who has called prime minister primus inter pares