An Abridged History of the OrderChapter 2
The Schism As the Order grew with Christianity itself, the men who would come to oversee the warriors of God grew increasingly troubled. Though Jesus had invested Peter as the head of the Church in Rome, the patriarchs of the other sees grew contentious, seeking to steer stewardship away from the successors of Peter and to themselves. This trouble only increased with the decline of Rome and the ascension of Constantinople. The Patriarchs of Constantinople grew evermore independent, straining...