Which of the following statements about the idea of combining secular government with religious authority in the roman and Byzantine empires is true.
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Which of the following statements about the idea of combining secular government with religious authority in the roman and Byzantine empires is true.
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anonymous · Answer

-As the Byzantine Empire matured, the pope replaced the Roman emperor as the highest power.
-Unlike the Roman era, in the era of Constantine the Great the patriarch and the emperor ruled jointly.
-Constantine's efforts to rule in church affairs marked a departure from the attitude of earlier Roman emperors.
-The pope was a political force in the late Roman Empire, but not in the early Byzantine Empire.