Views During the Third Period (750-1517 A.D.) (10): The Supremacy of the Pope: The Council at Ferrara: Florence A.D. 1438-1439

Another attempt at reunion was made by John VII. Palaeologus in the Council of Ferrara, which was convened by Pope Eugenius IV in opposition to the reformatory Council of Basle. It was attended by the emperor, the patriarch of Constantinople, and twenty-one Eastern prelates, among them the learned Bessarion of Nicaea, Mark of Ephesus, Dionysius of Sardis, Isidor of Kieff. The chief points of controversy were discussed: the procession of the Spirit, purgatory; the use of unleavened bread, and...