They saw, "as through a glass darkly" but likely, because they were where they were and spoke the language they spoke and very regularly fought with the Emperor, and each other, that glass might well have been less dark than in the West and their scriptural interpretations less subject to "spin" than further West and later on.
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I could believe SOME MEASURE of that. But I'm fairly sure the implications and size of said measure would be different in my view.
"But I'm fairly sure the implications and size of said measure would be different in my view."
I don't doubt that for a minute, Q! :)