RELIGIONS
CHRISTIANITY
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emperor
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governor
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pope
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priest
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Byzantines firmly believed that their emperor was God’s appointed ruler and his viceroy on Earth (illustrated in their title as Deo coronatus, “crowned by God"), that he was the Roman emperor (basileus ton Rhomaion), and as such the highest authority in the world due to his universal and exclusive emperorship.
Detailed explanation-2: -The head of the Eastern Orthodox Church is called the Patriarch of Constantinople. There were also men called bishops in the major cities of the Empire. In the Byzantine Empire, emperors had power over the church, because they selected the patriarch.
Detailed explanation-3: -Citizens of the Byzantine Empire strongly identified as Christians, just as they identified as Romans. Emperors, seeking to unite their realm under one faith, recognized Christianity as the state religion and endowed the church with political and legal power.