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1) The Council of Florence in 1438-1439 provided a major opportunity for reunifying the Greek and Latin churches after their schism in 1054, but union was ultimately unsuccessful. 2) Popes and emperors had long sought to restore ecclesiastical communion through negotiations, but differences in ecclesiastical authority and popular Greek antipathy towards Latins made lasting union difficult. 3) This document examines the Council of Florence through the lens of these tensions, using accounts from participants

Author

João Pedro

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EN