As part of his religious policy, whom did Constans II refuse to persecute?
Pagans
Jews
Heretics
Both sides of Christological debate
Answer
Constans II, the Byzantine emperor, sought to unify his empire under a single religious doctrine, Monothelitism, which posited that Christ had a single will and operation. To achieve this, he issued the Type of Constans, declaring that all Christians should accept Monothelitism and refraining from persecuting adherents of both sides of the Christological debate, including those who held that Christ had two wills and two operations.
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