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УЧРЕДЯВАНЕ НА ПОМЕСТНА БЪЛГАРСКА ЦЪРКВА И ЙЕРАРХИЯ
ESTABLISHMENT OF LOCAL BULGARIAN CHURCH AND HIERARCHY

Author(s): Angel Krastev
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, History of Religion
Published by: Шуменски университет »Епископ Константин Преславски«
Keywords: Bulgarian church; Christianity by Prince Boris-Michael

Summary/Abstract: The focus of interest in this article is the introduction and spread of Christianity on our territory, owing to the missionary activities of the Apostles, as well as to its later establishment. For all of this is judged based on a number of preserved Byzantine and Bulgarian written records. The reasons for the adoption of Christianity by Prince Boris-Michael and the need for Bulgarian church management and hierarchy to lead it down the path of truth have been analyzed. The whole activity of the Prince-Converter convinces us that he seeks not only to obtain a separate, but completely independent hierarchy in Christian Bulgaria, which he receives at a church council in 870, with the participation of representatives of all the ancient churches in the rank of patriarchates.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 366-371
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Bulgarian