Syrian Bishops - Syrian Popes, Pope Gregory III, Pope Anicetus, Pope Sergius I, Theodoret, Pope Constantine, Byzantine Papacy, Joseph Tawil (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Syrian popes, Pope Gregory III, Pope Anicetus, Pope Sergius I, Theodoret, Pope Constantine, Byzantine Papacy, Joseph Tawil, Ignace Michael III Jarweh, Ahatallah, Pope John V, Antoun Khouri, Ignace Peter VII Jarweh, Anatolius of Laodicea, Apollinaris of Laodicea, Pope Sisinnius, Eusebius of Laodicea, Acacius of Beroea, Ignatius Abded Aloho II, Ignace Pierre VIII Abdel-Ahad, Basile Petros IV Avkadian, Paul Coussa, Jacques Georges Habib Hafouri, Hugh of Jabala, Kantheesangal, List of Syrian popes. Excerpt: The Byzantine Papacy was a period of Byzantine domination of the papacy from 537 to 752, when popes required the approval of the Byzantine Emperor for episcopal consecration, and many popes were chosen from the apocrisiarii (liaisons from the pope to the emperor) or the inhabitants of Byzantine Greece, Byzantine Syria, or Byzantine Sicily. Justinian I conquered the Italian peninsula in the Gothic War (535-554) and appointed the next three popes, a practice that would be continued by his successors and later be delegated to the Exarchate of Ravenna. With the exception of Pope Martin I, no pope during this period questioned the authority of the Byzantine monarch to confirm the election of the bishop of Rome before consecration could occur; however, theological conflicts were common between pope and emperor in the areas such as monotheletism and iconoclasm. Greek speakers from Greece, Syria, and Byzantine Sicily replaced members of the powerful Roman nobles in the papal chair during this period. Rome under the Greek popes constituted a "melting pot" of Western and Eastern Christian traditions, reflected in art as well as liturgy. The Column of Phocas, the only extant public monument erected in seventh century Rome by the ByzantinesAfter his invasion of Italy, the Gothic War (535-554), Emperor Justinian I forced Pope Sil...