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Around 1000 C.E., how were the Western church leaders' beliefs about church authority different from those of the Eastern church leaders?

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Western Church:
Wrote and spoke in Latin
Believed that the Holy spirit was sent from father(God) to his son 
Celebrated Eastern on Sunday
Accepted Dionysius system
Eastern Church:
Spoke and wrote Latin
Thought that the Holy spirit came from both father and son
Celebrated Eastern on Passover (1 week)
Muslims had a strong effect on Church so they became Constantinople's patriarch

The main cause these churches split was because of the excommunication. 
 


if the choices are:

A.  They said the pope in Rome had power over the entire church, while Eastern leaders did not recognize his authority over them.

B.  Western leaders affirmed the idea that the emperor should be the final authority over church matters, but the East did not.

C.  Unlike Eastern leaders, they stated that God had given power to each priest so he did not have to answer to anyone but God.

D.  They declared that the pope and emperor should share government power, while Eastern leaders said only the pope had power.

The correct answer is A.