Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge [Eng.] University press · leaf 374
the Lombard throne itself by rebellions, all favouredthe advance of the Pope towards temporal power. Thedays were long past when Theodoric could summon aPope to Ravenna and send him to Constantinople on amission to secure liberty of worship for Arians, and on hisreturn put him in prison for a… … CH. xiv] RUPTURE—EAST AND WEST 227 the Pope was still the obedient subject of the Easternempire. His claim to precedence was disputed by thePatriarch of Constantinople. He was not even secure inhis claim to ecclesiastical supremacy in Italy, for in 642the Archbishops of Ravenna asserted and for a…
