CAUSE EASTERN CHURCH WESTERN CHURCH POLITICAL RIVALRY Byzantine Empire Holy Roman Empire CLAIMS OF PAPACY Patriarch of Constantinople was considered second in primacy to bishop of Rome. Bishop of Rome claimed supremacy over the entire church. THEOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT Stagnated after Council of Chalcedon. Continued to change and grow through controversies and expansion. FILIOQUE CONTROVERSY Declared that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father.
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