According to the book The Byzantines, one patriarch even promised the emperor in writing “to do whatever he demanded, no matter how unlawful, and to refrain from doing anything that displeased him. ”
Saskaņā ar grāmatu The Byzantines, viens patriarhs pat rakstveidā apsolīja ” darīt visu, ko imperators prasīs, vienalga, cik pretlikumīgi tas būtu, un atturēties no jebkā, kas varētu izraisīt imperatora neapmierinātību ”.