Question

In 867 CE, after usurping the role of Patriarch of Constantinople, Photius was excommunicated by the pope. In response, Photius called an ecumenical council to excommunicate the pope. Which of the following trends is this story indicative of?
• the West's tendency to defer to the authority of the pope and the East's tendency to defer to the authority of councils the West's tendency to defy the authority of Eastern leaders and the East's tendency to demand submission to their leaders the West's tendency to stand up to corruption and the East's tendency to give in to corruption the West's tendency to reject the Filioque phrase and the East's tendency to prefer the Filioque phrase
Multiple Choice 3 points
Which of the following events in the Great Schism came first?
A council tried to force both popes to resign.
Martin V was elected as the new pope.
The cardinals grew tired of Urban VI's repeated offenses and appointed their own pope, Clement VII.
The Council of Pisa elected Alexander V as the third pope.
Multiple Choice 3 points
When Petrarch saw a beautiful woman at a church, what would be a natural response for him, as a humanist?
to convince himself that reason and logic were more important that his emotions for her to lock himself away in a monastery so that he would not be tempted by her to woo her with his beautiful artwork to write classically inspired love poems about her

Answer 1

1) the West's tendency to defer to the authority of the pope and the East's tendency to defer to the authority of councils.

2) The cardinals grew tired of Urban VI's repeated offenses and appointed their own pope, Clement VII. (This happened in 1378, before the Council of Pisa (1409), Constance, and Martin V's election.)

3) to write classically inspired love poems about her. (Petrarch, a humanist, expressed emotions through classical-style poetry—e.g., his sonnets to Laura.)