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Догматические приоритеты и прерогативы власти Христианской Церкви в эпоху Константина Великого
Dogmatic Priorities and Prerogatives of the Christian Church in the Era of Constantine the Great

Author(s): Bogdan Mikhaylovich Bodnaryuk
Subject(s): History, Cultural history, History of ideas, Social history, Ancient World, Theology and Religion, History of Religion
Published by: Издательский дом Stratum, Университет «Высшая антропологическая школа»
Keywords: Christian Church; Constantine the Great; the Arians; the Council of Nicaea

Summary/Abstract: The author uses secular and ecclesiastic written sources to study the social, religious and political situation in the Roman Empire during the reign of the first Christian Emperor Constantine I the Great. That was the time when the Christian Church had finally institutionalized, had legalized itself at the clerical level and had gained weight, influence and rather significant spiritual power in the Late Greek-Roman society. The author reviews Constantine the Great's efforts to reform the church and religion, whereas he aimed to lay legal foundations enabling establishment of Caesaropapism Institute on the territory of the Empire and to subordinate the ecclesiastic power to the secular one.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 17-39
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Russian