26. Which of the following statements about the idea of combining secular government with religious authority in the Roman and Byzantine Empires is true? (5 points)
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.

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26.   Which of the following statements about the idea of combining secular government with religious authority in the Roman and Byzantine Empires is true?  (5 points)
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.