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A History of Orthodox, Islamic, and Western Christian Political Values Orthodox Civilization

A History of Orthodox, Islamic, and Western Christian Political Values : Orthodox Civilization CHAPTER 2 [The Byzantine Empire] saw itself as a universal Empire. Ideally it should embrace all the peoples of the earth, who, ideally, should all be members of the one true Christian Church, its own Orthodox Church. Sir Stephen Runciman ( 1977 ) The Byzantine Theocracy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), p. 1. [Byzantium] was, in principle, a totalitarian culture claiming a Christian (orthodox) sanctifi cation of the whole life: state, war, econom- ics, family, schools, art, and learning. G. P. Fedotov ( 1960 ) The Russian Religious Mind , Vol. 1 (New York: Harper Torchbooks), p. 26. BRIEF HISTORY By the end of the third and beginning of the fourth century, CE, the Roman Empire was dying. Its boundary was a focus of defense rather than a jumping off point of expansion, and enemies and invaders, from Sassanid Persia in the east to German tribes in the west, kept up a steady drumbeat of attacks to breach the border. Ambitious generals, who were now needed more than ever to defend the Empire, competed with one another for power and engaged in debilitating civil wars. Power fl owed to the strong man, and the only recognized principle for selecting new lead- ers was http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A History of Orthodox, Islamic, and Western Christian Political Values Orthodox Civilization

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CHAPTER 2 [The Byzantine Empire] saw itself as a universal Empire. Ideally it should embrace all the peoples of the earth, who, ideally, should all be members of the one true Christian Church, its own Orthodox Church. Sir Stephen Runciman ( 1977 ) The Byzantine Theocracy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), p. 1. [Byzantium] was, in principle, a totalitarian culture claiming a Christian (orthodox) sanctifi cation of the whole life: state, war, econom- ics, family, schools, art, and learning. G. P. Fedotov ( 1960 ) The Russian Religious Mind , Vol. 1 (New York: Harper Torchbooks), p. 26. BRIEF HISTORY By the end of the third and beginning of the fourth century, CE, the Roman Empire was dying. Its boundary was a focus of defense rather than a jumping off point of expansion, and enemies and invaders, from Sassanid Persia in the east to German tribes in the west, kept up a steady drumbeat of attacks to breach the border. Ambitious generals, who were now needed more than ever to defend the Empire, competed with one another for power and engaged in debilitating civil wars. Power fl owed to the strong man, and the only recognized principle for selecting new lead- ers was

Published: Sep 14, 2016

Keywords: Sixteenth Century; Autocratic Government; Individual Conscience; Russian Empire; Byzantine Empire

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