“So Pope John briefly accepted this council because he was deceived and quickly repudiated it once he found out what it really contained.”
So a Protestant would have us believe. The facts, as they say, are well known and otherwise. Pope John repudiated because of factionalism at Rome and Constantinople, not because anyone deceived him.
Yes, clearly a pro-Roman source.
The facts, as they say, are well known and otherwise. Pope John repudiated because of factionalism at Rome and Constantinople, not because anyone deceived him.
Your sources are? Pope John accented only to the report of the legates. Once the actual acts were forwarded by Photius for ratification he condemned them.