unification
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Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism
- In Athanasius I
Because of his anti-unionist activities after the reunification decree of the Council of Lyon, he was compelled by the patriarch John XI Beccus (1275–82) to seek Palestinian refuge. With the accession of the anti-unionist emperor Andronicus II in 1289, however, Athanasius was chosen patriarch of Constantinople and initiated…
Read More - In Markos Eugenikos
…returned to Constantinople to organize anti-unionist opposition. He was imprisoned for two years after vainly attempting to seek refuge at the monastery on Mt. Athos. Released, he resumed his anti-Western campaign, handing over this responsibility on his deathbed to Georgios Scholarios, the future patriarch Gennadius II.
Read More - In John XI Becchus
…the abdication of the anti-unionist patriarch Joseph I, Becchus was named to the office in May 1275. As both Greek and Roman desire for reunion wavered, John’s unwavering support met with vehement opposition from Orthodox monasteries and ultimately from the Emperor; he abdicated his patriarchal throne in 1279 and…
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