Originally Posted by madeinuk
No, Roman Catholics refused to accept knowledge that the Eastern churches kept intact which spread to the West largely after the rampaging Turks (Muslim) conquered Constantinople renaming it Istanbul.

Only after crusaders decided to dismember Constantinople in the first place, which effectively marked the beginning of end of the Roman Empire. The "rampaging Turks" conquered a corpse.

Which is why we need to have dates to discuss this. Otherwise, we are talking past each other.

Which is not necessarily bad or unusual for this board.