I don’t think you can champion Photius — to me, in my opinion, he seems a very political animal, working with and against Emperors and seeking to fight a political war with the Patriarch of Rome. In my opinion, the Patriarchs of Rome at that time were also political animals, and there was an ego tussle between the PAtriarch of Rome and the Patriarch of Constantinople over who was the Big Boss.
“In my opinion, the Patriarchs of Rome at that time were also political animals, and there was an ego tussle between the PAtriarch of Rome and the Patriarch of Constantinople over who was the Big Boss.”
The floor of hell is paved with the skulls of bishops, C. These guys may be great teachers and orthodox in their teachings and belief, but very few are particularly saintly and virtually all of them to this day are political animals dealing with other political animals. The default position with all of them ought to be “Don’t trust him!”