Course MED 104 · Year I · Summer 2023-2024

CHURCH-STATE REPORT IN BYZANTINE CONCEPTION

Compulsory course in Intercultural and interreligious mediation, taught by Marius - Liviu Telea.

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Overview

Lecturer
Marius - Liviu Telea
Seminar tutor
Marius - Liviu Telea
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Theology - Masters
Field of study
Intercultural and interreligious mediation
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
lecture, conversation, exemplification.
Entry requirements
The Spirituality of Byzantium

Aims

being familiar with the significant contribution of the Church to the development of the social and charitable side of the Byzantine life

acquiring a minimum set of knowledge and basic notions about the history of the Church-State relations in Byzantium

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Course contents

  1. Church and State during the persecutions.
  2. Constantine the Great and the increasing role and importance of the Church.
  3. Theodosius the Great - Christianity becomes the State religion.
  4. The Byzantine symphony.
  5. Disturbance actions of the Byzantine symphony –the Monophysitism.
  6. Disturbance actions of the Byzantine symphony – the Iconoclasm.
  7. Disturbance actions of the Byzantine symphony – the Monothelism.
  8. The role of monks in establishing the Church-State relations in Byzantium
  9. The Papacy and Byzantium.
  10. Controversies between Constantinopolitan patriarchs and Byzantine emperors.
  11. The emperors involvement in religious controversies.
  12. The Church - a institution of the State in Byzantium.
  13. The Church - the State successor after the Ottoman conquest.
  14. Discussions and debates. The course evaluation.

Learning outcomes

The lecture tries to analyze the specific problems of the Church-State relationship during the Byzantine history.

 

Assessment

Written paper - 70%; continuous assessment - 30%.

Recommended reading

Teologie şi politică. De la Sfinţii Părinţi la Europa unită
Tătaru-CAZABAN
Anastasia, Bucuresti, 1994 · 105-109
Biseria în Stat. O invitaţie la dezbatere
PREDA, Radu
Editura Scripta, Bucuresti, 1999 · ---
Relaţiile Stat-Biserică
SNAGOV
Editura Gnosis, Bucureşti, 1996 · ---