Metropolitans were bishops appointed by the patriarchs to oversee entire provinces within the Christian church hierarchy, particularly in the Eastern Orthodox Church. They had ecclesiastical authority over a metropolitan area or province, which is a higher rank than that of a bishop.

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Metropolitans Were

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Metropolitans were

A) bishops appointed by the patriarchs to preside over entire provinces.
B) Byzantine officials who collected taxes in urban areas.
C) churchmen designated to act as intermediaries between Christian factions.
D) clergymen of the Nestorian Christians in Sasanid-occupied Mesopotamia.

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