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Leaders of the Eastern and Western churches both
believed they had complete power.
had power over European kings.
believed a schism was unnecessary.
allowed priests to get married.
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believed they had complete power.
Both the pope in the West and the patriarchs in the East claimed supreme authority for their respective churches — a major factor leading to the Great Schism. The other choices are incorrect: Western (Latin) priests were expected to be celibate (Eastern priests could marry), Eastern church leaders did not have the same authority over Western European kings as the pope sometimes did, and each side viewed the other's claims as unacceptable rather than viewing a schism as unnecessary.
Both the pope in the West and the patriarchs in the East claimed supreme authority for their respective churches — a major factor leading to the Great Schism. The other choices are incorrect: Western (Latin) priests were expected to be celibate (Eastern priests could marry), Eastern church leaders did not have the same authority over Western European kings as the pope sometimes did, and each side viewed the other's claims as unacceptable rather than viewing a schism as unnecessary.
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