Byzantine Era Religion

According to Charles Poulet (1985), the official split between Eastern and Western Christianity in the fourth century B.C.E. had long been foreshadowed. The Emperor Constantine who made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire effectively established what would become the Eastern or Byzantine Catholic or Orthodox Church. There were actually two distinct Christian churches beginning in this era, with one subject to the emperor in Constantinople and the other subject to the Bishop of Rome (later known as the pope). Despite a number of official church councils called at places such as Nicea, Sardica, and Cappadocia, the Eastern and Western Churches were unable to unify.

Earle Cairns (1981) notes that between 313

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