Complex sentence: The Patriarch Germanos I resigned, to be replaced by the more pliant Anastasios, and the emperor's edict drew the condemnation of popes Gregory II and Gregory III, as well as John of Damascus.
Split into simpler sentences: The Patriarch Germanos I resigned, to be replaced by the more pliant Anastasios. The emperor's edict drew the condemnation of popes Gregory II and Gregory III, as well as John of Damascus.