RE: Irene of Athens: the Christian Byzantine Empress who gouged her own son's eyes.
December 29, 2021 at 9:38 am
(This post was last modified: December 29, 2021 at 9:38 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(December 28, 2021 at 7:55 pm)WinterHold Wrote:
(December 26, 2021 at 7:39 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Soooooo…..did you ever end up figuring out why east and west got separated? Seems like it might be instructive for you.
Yes?
Obviously the heathens "started to take over the Western Church", and civil wars started in the "Eastern Church" between heathen enthusiasts -like Irene- against non-heathens like her son "Constantine"; thus she made an example out of him by blinding him and turn Christianity in the East to a heathen faith.
Sigh. You'd think you'd be interested, since it involves a caliphate, but no.
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