Brokers of Faith, Brokers of EmpireThe Ottoman Empire enforced imperial rule through its management of diversity. For centuries, non Muslim religious institutions, such as the Armenian Church, were charged with guaranteeing their flocks' loyalty to the sultan. Rather than being passive subjects, Armenian elites, both the clergy and laity, strategically wove the institutions of the Armenian Church, and thus the Armenian community itself, into the fabric of imperial society. In so doing,