Allocutio de iis quorum Latini incusantur

work by Theophylactus of Ochrida

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The Allocutio de iis quorum Latini incusantur (c. 1090), meaning "Address on Matters for Which the Latins Are Attacked," is a work by Theophylact of Ochrid. In this text, Theophylact, an Eastern Orthodox archbishop, criticizes his fellow Greeks for slandering Western Christianity. However, he also disputes papal claims to primacy over all of Christendom and Western theological ideas about the Trinity, maintaining his Orthodox stance. Theophylact was a significant figure in disseminating Byzantine culture among the Balkan Slavs during the early Middle Ages.1

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Theophylact of Ochrid
In his Allocutio de iis quorum Latini incusantur ( c. 1090; “Address on Matters for Which the Latins Are Attacked”), Theophylact sharply criticized his Greek co-religionists for slandering Western Christianity. Nonetheless, he disputed the papal claims to primacy over all Christendom and Western theological speculation on the…
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In his Allocutio de iis quorum Latini incusantur ( c. 1090; “Address on Matters for Which the Latins Are Attacked”), Theophylact sharply criticized his Greek co-religionists for slandering Western Christianity. Nonetheless, he disputed the papal claims to primacy over all Christendom and Western theological speculation on the…
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