The Arians were also treasonous they revolted and caused disorder. That's something Americans including myself will never understand. If we don't like the government then we just join and give our loyalty to a party but with a monarchy you have a figure whose power comes from God. Look at the coat of arms of the Russian Tsars the two heads signify the Church and State the big crown represents the power of God the two smaller crowns show the power given to the Church and State by God.
Btw Protestants follow tradition of men Lutherans still follow Martin Luther's traditions. The Orthodox follow the Traditions, that which was spoken and not written by the Apostles. St.John himself said that there is not enough books in the world to write down everything that Christ taught. If you look at history you will see that the first Church was the Orthodox Catholic Church then heresies popped up so you have Nestorians Monoenergists monophylites Roman Catholics Protestants ect Portestants are the most recent "church" formed. Preist is short for presbyter meaning elder. God didn't come to destroy the old law, preithood, but came to fulfill it and improve it which He did. Lutherans wrote the Ecumenical Patriarch thinking he would be theologically Lutehran since they were free from the corruptions of Rome however the Patriarch eventually stopped writing them.
Btw Protestants follow tradition of men Lutherans still follow Martin Luther's traditions. The Orthodox follow the Traditions, that which was spoken and not written by the Apostles. St.John himself said that there is not enough books in the world to write down everything that Christ taught. If you look at history you will see that the first Church was the Orthodox Catholic Church then heresies popped up so you have Nestorians Monoenergists monophylites Roman Catholics Protestants ect Portestants are the most recent "church" formed. Preist is short for presbyter meaning elder. God didn't come to destroy the old law, preithood, but came to fulfill it and improve it which He did. Lutherans wrote the Ecumenical Patriarch thinking he would be theologically Lutehran since they were free from the corruptions of Rome however the Patriarch eventually stopped writing them.