At the Council of Florence the churches compromised on a number of issues, allowing each to do its own thing and reuniting the Church, but the Orthodox never accepted the result although only one of their bishops refused to accept it because of the pressure of the emperor. The promised military aid from the West never materialized and Constantinople fell shortly thereafter.
At the Council of Florence the churches compromised on a number of issues, allowing each to do its own thing and reuniting the Church, but the Orthodox never accepted the result although only one of their bishops refused to accept it because of the pressure of the emperor. The promised military aid from the West never materialized and Constantinople fell shortly thereafter.
At the Council of Florence the churches compromised on a number of issues, allowing each to do its own thing and reuniting the Church, but the Orthodox never accepted the result although only one of their bishops refused to accept it because of the pressure of the emperor. The promised military aid from the West never materialized and Constantinople fell shortly thereafter.