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@LeeWoofenden Thanks for the feedback with your close vote, Lee. If you don't mind me asking, what would you think about something along the lines of "Why didn't the Patriarch of Constantinople excommunicate Leo III over iconoclasm?" I'd ask for the written views of the State of the Patriarch and his contemporaries.

@Nathaniel That would at least be potentially answerable within a reasonable length. However, pinning down a historical figure's motives for doing or not doing a particular thing seems a bit iffy unless there just happen to be actual historical letters, communications, or other documents that put those motives in writing. If there aren't such records, it would devolve into a "primarily opinion-based" question, or simply an unanswerable question. Still, asking the question is one way to find out!

@LeeWoofenden Thanks. Yeah, that's my main concern with such a question; I'd have to try to emphasize that I'm looking for views of the State that made such an action preferable, so that it's hopefully less of a motives question. But I'm thinking that may be the most viable method for narrowing the question. I'll see how it goes.

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Re: this answer:

It received an immediate upvote, and then a downvote. I put a lot of time into researching and writing the answer. I would appreciate it if some of the regulars here would read it and tell me if in any way it is not a good answer to the question--whether or not you agree with the doctrinal position it takes. I strongly suspect that most of the downvotes I receive are because I represent positions that are unpopular in mainstream Christianity, not because they're bad answers to the questions.