Council of Bari (1098)

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1. 1098Bari · ApuliaPope Urban II convened about 185 bishops at Bari; the exiled Archbishop of Canterbury Anselm spoke on the Filioque and the use of unleavened bread. The Greek-speaking bishops present were mainly clergy of Norman-ruled southern Italy rather than senior theologians sent from Constantinople.
2. 1098Bari · ApuliaThe council failed to bridge the fundamental doctrinal differences between Catholicism and Orthodoxy, and the East–West schism continued to deepen; the council also took place against the larger political backdrop of the struggle between papal and imperial power.