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Roman Emperors DIR Manuel I Comnenus |
 | | Manuel on the other hand, perhaps with an eye on the project for Church union, found that the formula made sense, and prevailed over a majority in a synod convened to decide the issue (1166), where he had the support of the patriarch Luke Chrysoberges. |
 | | As a result of his Caesaropapist stance Manuel became known as epistemonarches, "Chief scientific expert", of the Church. |
 | | In the meantime Manuel's son-in-law Alexius Axuch had engaged in dialogue with the brother of the Armenian catholicus, Nerses "the Gracious". |
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