George the Hagiorite into a vibrant center of Georgian Orthodox culture. At some point between 1052 and 1057, George left his fellow monk George of Oltisi in charge of the Iviron monastery, and set off to Antioch to appear before the Patriarch to defend his brethren, accused by a group of the Greek clerics of heresy. The dispute quickly evolved around the canonical legality of the autocephaly of the Georgian Orthodox church, which had originally operated within the framework of the see of Antioch, but had been becoming increasingly independent since the 6th century. In defense of the Georgian autocephaly, George was referring
Royal and noble ranks of the Qing dynasty lack the Manchu nomenclature and the noble rank system introduced later. Additionally, there were banner offices that later evolved into hereditary noble titles. Despite being used as noble titles, these offices continued to exist and function in the banner hierarchy. To distinguish the noble titles from the offices, they were sometimes called "hereditary office" () or "hereditary rank" (). With a few exceptions, the above titles were, in principle, created for only military merits. There were also titles for civil officials. While there were a few Manchu civil titles, the most important civil titles followed the Han Chinese Confucian tradition,