A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library (1905) (14591118708)

Identifier: historyofallnati08wrig (find matches)
Title: A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908
Subjects: World history
Publisher: (Philadelphia, New York : Lea Brothers & company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive

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> CO., BUFFALO. Maps.—The Mohammedan C< lUdory of All Nations, Vol. VIIL, page 191. E XI.
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AFTER H. tUUIESj iitries from A. D. 7SO to 1380. SEPARATION OF TUE TWO CUURCUES. 191 the papacy over the Greek church, and brought the new Pseudo-Isidorian decretals into recognition in the East. But Rome couldnot hold the position that she had reached. In the Byzantine em-pire, where the church was so intimately connected with the wholelife of the state, people felt that they had received a severe defeat.Their national pride was all the more deeply humiliated becausethey had long been inwardly estranged from the Roman church.Photius, when abandoned by the emperor and the fickle clergyof the court, refused to say a word in his own defence before judgeswho had no right to pronounce a verdict in his case. This dignifiedconduct made a deep impression upon the common people and thelower ranks of the clergy. Photius seemed to be the only la\vfulchampion of the Byzantine church, and the nation gave him itshearty sympathy. Furthermore, the quarrel about the Bulgarianchurch was renewed at thi

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