Photius engineered a schism between the Eastern and Western churches by being installed as patriarch without papal consultation, then telling Pope Nicholas I to mind his own business and converting the Slavs to the Eastern rite, further challenging papal authority. Basil subsequently resolved it by deposing Photius and recognizing papal supremacy — though he ensured the submission was largely nominal.
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Episode 12 (24 mentions)
Photius engineered a schism between the Eastern and Western churches by being installed as patriarch without papal consultation, then telling Pope Nicholas I to mind his own business and converting the Slavs to the Eastern rite, further challenging papal authority. Basil subsequently resolved it by deposing Photius and recognizing papal supremacy — though he ensured the submission was largely nominal.
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