. The historians' history of the world; a comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great writers of all ages:. theType seemed to indicate. The pope Theodore therefore directedthe whole of his ecclesiastical fury againstthe patriarch of Constantinople, whomhe excommunicated with circumstances ofsingular and impressive violence. Hedescended with his clergy into the darktomb of St. Peter in the Vatican, nowunder the centre of the dome in the vault of the great cathedral ofChristendom, consecrated the sacred cup, and, having dipped his
. The historians' history of the world; a comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great writers of all ages:. theType seemed to indicate. The pope Theodore therefore directedthe whole of his ecclesiastical fury againstthe patriarch of Constantinople, whomhe excommunicated with circumstances ofsingular and impressive violence. Hedescended with his clergy into the darktomb of St. Peter in the Vatican, nowunder the centre of the dome in the vault of the great cathedral ofChristendom, consecrated the sacred cup, and, having dipped his pen in theblood of Christ, signed an act of excommunication, condemning a brotherbishop to the pains of hell. To this indecent proceeding Paul the patriarchreplied by persuading the emperor to persecute the clergy who adhered tothe popes opinion, in a more regular and legal manner, by depriving themof their temporalities, and condemning them to banishment. The pope was supported by nearly the whole body of the Latin clergy,and even by a considerable party in the East; yet, when Martin, the suc-cessor of Theodore, ventured to anathematise the Ecthesh and the Type^ be. Robes of a Pope of the SbvenxhCentukt 184 THE HISTORY OF THE EASTERN EMPIRE [650-658 ] was seized by order of Constans, conveyed to Constantinople, tried, and con-demned on a charge of having supported the rebellion of the exarch Olym-pius, and of having remitted money to the Saracens. The emperor, at theintercession of the patriarch Paul, commuted his punishment to exile, andthe pope died in banishment at Cherson in Tauris. Though Constans didnot succeed in inculcating his doctrines on the clergy, he completely suc-ceeded in enforcing public obedience to his decrees in the church, and thefullest acknowledgment of his supreme power over the persons of the disputes between the heads of the ecclesiastical administration of theGreek and Latin churches afforded an excellent pretext for extending thebre
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