What immediate action sealed the break between the Eastern and Western churches, leading to the Great Schism?

The Byzantine emperor declaring war on Rome.

The Pope and the Patriarch issuing mutual excommunications.

A formal treaty dividing Christian territories into two empires.

The crowning of a rival Pope in Constantinople.

What role did the Byzantine emperor play in the Eastern church?

He was considered the supreme head of the church, above the Patriarch.

He was recognized as the guardian of the faith.

He had the sole power to appoint all bishops in the East.

He served as a bishop with voting rights in church councils.

The Pope and the Byzantine Emperor

The Pope and the Patriarch of Constantinople

The Patriarch of Constantinople and European Kings

Saint Peter and the Byzantine Emperor

Whether the Byzantine emperor should have authority over the Pope.

Which city, Rome or Constantinople, should be the primary seat of the church.

Whether one individual (the Pope) held supreme authority or if leadership should be shared among bishops.

Disputes over the correct translation of religious texts into Latin and Greek.