Cleaning Up Michael VIII's Mess: The Council of Blachernae, part 1

from Light Through the Past · host Dr. Cyril Jenkins

Michael VIII's death found the Byzantine empire secured from its enemies, but theologically and ecclesiastically in confusion on all sides. This episode looks at the task that awaited Patriarch Gregory II as he began cleaning up the late emperor's madness.

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