The Preamble is important in 1787 and it still is today because the Preamble states the rights and freedoms that all citizens have in the United States.
Before the split in 1054, the Eastern Church and the Western Church view the Pope differently by the Eastern Church recognizes the Pope's full or complete power. The Pope did not want the title as Ecumenical Patriarch and would want the Byzantine emperor to recognize the Pope's power.
