Reign of Michael III (jan 1, 842 – jan 1, 867)
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Reign of Michael III
• Began experiencing revival
• Abolishes Iconoclasm
• Reforms in Education, Church Life, Militairy, and
peasant economy
• Foreign invaders continued
◦Bulgars
◦Arabs
• Religious conflicts
◦Dispute over who had more power patriarch of pope
◦Patriarch Photius condemned pope as heretic
‣ Pope accepted revision of Nicene creed
• Changed the Holy Spirit proceeded from the father to the father and the son
‣ Council of eastern bishops condemned and excommunicated the
Pope
‣ Photian Schism
‣ Eventually resolved
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