The reconstruction acts were created as rules/laws for the south to agree and follow in order to rejoin the union. The state governments in the south would be controlled by the individual southern state as long as they agreed to the following....
Creation of five military districts in the seceded states not including Tennessee, which had ratified the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and was readmitted to the UnionRequiring congressional approval for new state constitutions (which were required for Confederate states to rejoin the Union)Confederate states give voting rights to all men.All former Confederate states must ratify the 14th Amendment
The correct answer is - The emperor.
In the Byzantine Empire, the emperor was a monarch that had a complete authority, for both the empire's affairs and the religious affairs. So the emperor of the Byzantine Empire had the final word in everything, and apart from being the head of the empire, he was the head of the church as well and dictated the religious activities and politics in the empire, unlike in the west were the pope was in charge of the church activities and politics.
