The Church and social reform : the policies of the Patriarch Athanasios of Constantinople / by John L. Boojamra.
Τύπος υλικού: ΚείμενοΛεπτομέρειες δημοσίευσης: New York : Fordham University Press, 1993.Περιγραφή: 1 online resource (x, 181 pages)Τύπος περιεχομένου:- text
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- Athanasios I, Patriarch of Constantinople, approximately 1230-approximately 1323 -- Political and social views
- Athanasios I, (Patriarch of Constantinople,), approximately 1230-approximately 1323
- Athanase I (patriarche de Constantinople ; 1230?-1323?) -- Pens�ee politique et sociale
- Athanasios I, Patriarch of Constantinople, approximately 1230-approximately 1323
- Christian sociology -- Orthodox Eastern Church -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
- Byzantine Empire -- History -- Andronicus II Palaeologus, 1282-1328
- Church and social problems -- Byzantine Empire
- Byzantine Empire -- Church history
- RELIGION -- Christianity -- Orthodox
- Christian sociology -- Orthodox Eastern Church -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
- Church and social problems -- Byzantine Empire
- Byzantine Empire -- Church history
- Byzantine Empire -- History -- Andronicus II Paleologus, 1282-1328
- Sociologie religieuse -- Eglises religieuses -- Histoire des doctrines -- 600-1500 (Moyen age)
- �Eglise et probl�emes sociaux -- Empire byzantin
- �Eglise orthodoxe -- patriarcat de Constantinople
- Empire byzantin -- histoire religieuse -- 1261-1453
- Empire byzantin -- Histoire religieuse
- Church and social problems
- Political and social views
- Byzantine Empire
- 600-1500
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- BX337 .B66 1993eb
- B976. 2
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-178) and index.
In 1261, under the vigorous leadership of Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos, the Byzantine empire regained its capital, Constantinople, after fifty-seven years of Latin occupation. The city retained only a hint of its former glory and prominence.
The Byzantine Orthodox Church, although perhaps the strongest institution in the empire after the reconquesta, was also in a state of turmoil, racked by the persisting schism of the Arsenites and by moral and disciplinary decay - the aftereffects of the hated Union of Lyons (1274). In spite of what has been characterized as the "disastrous reign" of Andronikos, the Orthodox church managed to produce the most aggressively reform-minded patriarch of its history: Athanasios. The Church and Social Reform studies the nature and extent of his social reforms and political involvement during his two tenures on the patriarchal throne of Constantinople. The traditional influence, power, and authority that resided in the patriarchate of Constantinople made the involvement of an aggressive patriarch in the social affairs of the empire virtually inevitable. Athanasios' reforms are viewed in terms of the relationship between the church and the empire, the role of the church in his reforms, the ideological foundations of his reforms, the specific measures by which he sought to meet immediate social and political needs, and the expansion of the patriarchate into new areas as state services declined. For Athanasios the idea of reform was part of the renewal of the centralized institutions of the empire, and was rooted in the commitment to Christian baptism, cenobitic mutualism, and Israel's covenant with Yahweh.
Introduction -- Athanasios and political ecclesiology -- The freedom of the church -- Foundations of Athanasios' reforms -- Athanasios' reform measures -- Athanasios as a judicial agent -- Conclusion.
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