The Abbasids and the Church
750-969 The Abbasid Revolution: Political parties arose in the Umayyad state, such as the Zubayrids, the Kharijites, and the Shiites, which weakened the Umayyads and weakened them, so the opponents coveted their shares.
The Church of Antioch during the Abbasid rule
Caliphs and Patriarchs: After the center of government moved from Damascus to Baghdad, the Nestorian “Catholic” became prestigious due to the large number of its followers in Iraq.
Triumph of Orthodoxy
Leo V and the Icons: Nikephoros, the Minister of Finance, took control of the court of Ireneiah, arrested her, and imprisoned her in a monastery. The era of this philosophy ended
Divergence between East and West
Political distance: When Paul and the other apostles traveled the Mediterranean basin, they did not go beyond the borders of the Roman Empire that was then dominant.
Saint Photius, Ecumenical Patriarch
858-867 and 877-886 Parties and the Church: New Rome had inherited from ancient Rome its four parties: blue, green, white, and red. Then join
The Roman Crisis of Constantinople and the Filioque
858-867 and 877-886 Nicholas and Photius: (861-867) Michael III sent the works of this first and second council to Pope Nicholas with one of his scribes, Leo.
The Tenth Council of Constantinople
858-867 and 877-886 Persecution of Photius and his release: (870-873) Basil ordered Photius to be exiled, so he was removed to the monastery of Scapei in the Bosphorus and placed under surveillance.
The weakness of the Abbasid state and the Roman conquests
The Golden Age of the Romans 843-1025 The Abbasid state weakened: The influence of the Turks in Baghdad increased, and the voices of the concubines, the mothers of the princes, rose. The Alawites revolted, demanding the throne.
Saif al-Dawla al-Hamdani
The Golden Age of the Romans 843-1025 The Hamdanid State: (942-1003) No new division occurred in the body of the Abbasid state during the days of Al-Mu'tadid (892-902) and Al-Muktafi.
Constantinople and Syria
The Roman Golden Age: 843-1025 Nikephoros Phocas: (962-969) Romanos II died, either poisoned or afflicted, and his wife Theophanus took over the reins of power by assuming regency over the Romans.
Religion and state
The Golden Age of the Romans 843-1025 Christ is the King: The government converted to Christianity and took pride in its Christianity. The savior in the eyes of the government and the people became the king.
The Church is on the threshold of the second millennium
The Roman Golden Age 843-1025 Patriarch: The Church kept pace with the state in its systems. The Church was one unified, just as the empire was one unified. And as permissible