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rephrasing; "real concern for unity" seems to only reflect the Catholic perspective
*1444 Catholic priest Lorenzo Valla proves ''Donation of Constantine'' a forgery.
*1450 Council of Constantinople convoked by Emperor [[Constantine XI Palaiologos]] declined to accept the resolutions passed by the [[Council of Florence]] which were in favor of the union of the Greek and Latin churches.<ref name=MCCLINTOCKandSTRONG491/><ref name=PIRAEUSandDRYINOUPOLIS4/>
*1452 Unification of [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] and [[Greek Orthodox]] Churches in the [[cathedral]] of [[Hagia Sophia (Constantinople)|Hagia Sophia]] on [[December 12]], five months before the city fell. The union takes place on the West's terms, requiring the Orthodox to accept the Catholic position on all issues under dispute. Emperor [[Constantine XI Palaiologos]], under pressure from Rome, allows the union to be proclaimed by the former Metropolitan of Kiev [[w:Isidore of Kiev|Isidore]] (who had participated in the [[Council of Florence]] and was now a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church), who read the solemn promulgation of union and celebrated the union liturgy, including the name of the [[pope]], arousing the greatest agitation among the population of the city.<ref>[[w:George Ostrogorsky|Georgije Ostrogorski]]. ''[http://books.google.ca/books?id=Ir7CKnBxRXwC&source=gbs_navlinks_s History of the Byzantine State].'' Rutgers University Press, 1969. p.568.</ref><ref name="Hinson">E. Glenn Hinson. ''[http://books.google.ca/books?id=cY1SymrAGeEC&source=gbs_navlinks_s The Church Triumphant: A History of Christianity up to 1300].'' Mercer University Press, 1995. p.443.</ref><ref group="note">Although At Florence, some of the Greek party, especially [[w:Basilios Bessarion|Bessarion, Metropolitan of Nicaea]], and [[w:Isidore of Kiev|Isidore]], former Metropolitan of Kiev and all all Rus', showed real concern for unitythemselves to be strong supporters of the union, they could not rally support for it in but the great majority of the EastChurch back home was against them. The Patriarchates of [[Church of Alexandria|Alexandria]], [[Church of Antioch|Antioch]], and [[Church of Jerusalem|Jerusalem]] and the churches of [[Church of Russia|Russia]], [[Church of Romania|Romania]], and [[Church of Serbia|Serbia]] all rejected it immediately. In Byzantium only a small minority accepted it. Emperors John VIII and and [[Constantine XI Palaiologos|Constantine IX]] (1448-1453) proved unable to force their will on the Church. Most Byzantines felt betrayed. (E. Glenn Hinson. ''[http://books.google.ca/books?id=cY1SymrAGeEC&source=gbs_navlinks_s The Church Triumphant: A History of Christianity up to 1300].'' Mercer University Press, 1995. p.443.)</ref>
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