This time events gave Acacius the opportunity he seems to have been long waiting for — to claim a primacy of honour and jurisdiction over the entire East, which would emancipate the bishops of the capital not only from all responsibility to the sees of Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem, but to the Roman Pontiff as well.
Ovaj put događaji su Akaciju pružili priliku na koju je, čini se, dugo čekao - zahtijevati ekskluzivnu čast i jurisdikciju na čitavom Istoku, a koja bi oslobodila biskupe glavnoga grada, ne samo od svake odgovornosti prema tronovima Aleksandrije, Antiohije i Jeruzalema, nego i prema rimskom papi.