Архиепископията на България - Първенство и приемственост (Според грамотите на император Василий II)
The Archbishopric of Bulgaria - Primacy and Continuity (According to the charters of Emperor Basil II)

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to show the clear line of apostolic succession and the apostolic founding of the Bulgarian Archbishopric and its direct link with Justiniana Prima, but in a concrete historical continuity, i.e. through Pliska and Preslav, rather than through Ochrid. The succession relates also to the name of the church and, as is the case here, Bulgaria or Bulgarian is always mentioned. This name carries not only state-building but more than anything else – ecclesiality and church-building. In this sense it is a mark more of ecclesiality rather than ethnicity. This makes the topic predominantly theological or theologically-historical. This is not just a historical question and the contemporary terms are not without import.

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