The 1906 caption reads” HIGH PRIEST PHILIP REBUKING IVAN THE TERRIBLE.—Ivan IV [died 1584] was the most bloody of Russia's many tyrants. He always pretended to deep religious feeling, yet he is said to have put to death more than sixty thousand of his subjects. His high priest, or 'Metropolitan,' though knowing that the act meant death, finally felt compelled to rebuke and condemn the monster. Ivan, pretending great horror that any one should find fault with so holy a man as he, tried to compel Philip to retract his words, and, failing, had the priest cruelly executed. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/the-1906-caption-reads-high-priest-philip-rebuking-ivan-the-terribleivan-iv-died-1584-was-the-most-bloody-of-russias-many-tyrants-he-always-pretended-to-deep-religious-feeling-yet-he-is-said-to-have-put-to-death-more-than-sixty-thousand-of-his-subjects-his-high-priest-or-metropolitan-though-knowing-that-the-act-meant-death-finally-felt-compelled-to-rebuke-and-condemn-the-monster-ivan-pretending-great-horror-that-any-one-should-find-fault-with-so-holy-a-man-as-he-tried-to-compel-philip-to-retract-his-words-and-failing-had-the-priest-cruelly-executed-image474754976.html
RF2JGAXPT–The 1906 caption reads” HIGH PRIEST PHILIP REBUKING IVAN THE TERRIBLE.—Ivan IV [died 1584] was the most bloody of Russia's many tyrants. He always pretended to deep religious feeling, yet he is said to have put to death more than sixty thousand of his subjects. His high priest, or 'Metropolitan,' though knowing that the act meant death, finally felt compelled to rebuke and condemn the monster. Ivan, pretending great horror that any one should find fault with so holy a man as he, tried to compel Philip to retract his words, and, failing, had the priest cruelly executed.
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