16,951
edits
Changes
m
links
Pope Adrian II later created the [[Archdiocese]] of Moravia and Pannonia at the request of Moravian and other Slavic princes. Methodius was named archbishop of the new diocese, which was independent from the German Church.
German bishops condemned Saint Methodius to prison in 870. After three years, Pope John VIII liberated him and reinstated Methodius as [[Archbishop]] of Moravia. Before he could continue his ambitions and teach the Word of God to Bohemians and Poles, a German [[priest ]] summoned him back to Rome due to his East Orthodox faith and use of only the Slavic language during liturgy. Methodius received papal support and was not subject to any punishment.
===Return to Constantinople===
The [[saint ]] then left for [[Constantinople]] and translated all of the [[Holy Scriptures]], except for the [[Books of Machabees]]. Methodius also translated the [[Nomocanon]], or Greek ecclesiastico-civil law. Methodius had to continue struggling against the German clergy until his death on [[April 6]], 885.
See also [[Cyril and Methodius]].
[[Category: Saints]]