<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Emperor" id="mwGg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Byzantine Emperor">Byzantine Emperor</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basiliscus" id="mwGw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Basiliscus">Basiliscus</a> issues a circular letter (<i id="mwHA">Enkyklikon</i>) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monophysitism" id="mwHQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Monophysitism">Monophysite</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christological" id="mwHg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Christological">christological</a> position.<sup about="#mwt23" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-2"}}' id="cite_ref-2" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_9#cite_note-2" id="mwHw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwIA">[2]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-2"><cite about="#mwt20" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFFontaine1986">Fontaine, Petrus F.M. (1986). <i id="mwB38">The Light and the Dark: A Cultural History of Dualism. Volume 15: Imperialism in Medieval History I. Dualism in Byzantine History 476-638 and Dualism in Islam 572-732</i>. Amsterdam: J.C. Gieben. p.<span id="mwB4A" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>196. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./OCLC_(identifier)" id="mwB4E" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a><span id="mwB4I" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/15535828" id="mwB4M" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">15535828</a>.</cite><span about="#mwt20" class="Z3988" id="mwB4Q" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+Light+and+the+Dark%3A+A+Cultural+History+of+Dualism.+Volume+15%3A+Imperialism+in+Medieval+History+I.+Dualism+in+Byzantine+History+476-638+and+Dualism+in+Islam+572-732&amp;rft.place=Amsterdam&amp;rft.pages=196&amp;rft.pub=J.C.+Gieben&amp;rft.date=1986&amp;rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F15535828&amp;rft.aulast=Fontaine&amp;rft.aufirst=Petrus+F.M.&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+9"></span></span>