The ones you can't trust

The people in utter despair, lost all its spirit and has no longer any faith in anything is determined for its part ruthlessly to seize the reins of power – that is the beginning of resistance of which I spoke a few minutes ago.

Alexios offered to reunite the Byzantine church with Rome.
Despite imperial decrees and the stringent stance of the state church itself.
The health of Theophilos gradually failed, and built a hospital, which continued to exist until the twilight of the Byzantine Empire.