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1 Intro |         argue that the Byzantine church was controlled by the Emperor,
2 Intro |  Byzantine history proceeded the Church maintained its power while
3 Intro |         on Byzantine society and church in the 12th century. The
4 I     |      privileges of the most holy Church of Constantinople, which
5 I     |          throne of the most holy Church of Constantinople; every
6 II,3  | patriarch, of Balsamon's view of church and state. Balsamon is sometimes
7 II,3  |        of secular power over the Church. Sometimes this seems justified;
8 II,3  |    opportunities to interfere in church affairs, for example in
9 II,5  |      administration of the Great Church. In his "Meditation on the