CHURCH-STATE REPORT IN BYZANTINE CONCEPTION

Type of course:	Compulsory
Language of instruction:	Romanian
Erasmus Language of instruction:	English
Name of lecturer:	Marius - Liviu Telea
Seminar tutor:	Marius - Liviu Telea
Form of education	Full-time

Form of instruction:	Class
Number of teaching hours per semester:	28
Number of teaching hours per week:	2
Semester:	Summer
Form of receiving a credit for a course:	Grade
Number of ECTS credits allocated	7

Course 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 Entry Requirements:

The Spirituality of Byzantium

Course contents:

Church and State during the persecutions.
Constantine the Great and the increasing role and importance of the Church.
Theodosius the Great - Christianity becomes the State religion.
The Byzantine symphony.
Disturbance actions of the Byzantine symphony –the Monophysitism.
Disturbance actions of the Byzantine symphony – the Iconoclasm.
Disturbance actions of the Byzantine symphony – the Monothelism.
The role of monks in establishing the Church-State relations in Byzantium
The Papacy and Byzantium.
Controversies between Constantinopolitan patriarchs and Byzantine emperors.
The emperors involvement in religious controversies.
The Church - a institution of the State in Byzantium.
The Church - the State successor after the Ottoman conquest.
Discussions and debates. The course evaluation.

Teaching methods:

lecture, conversation, exemplification.

Learning outcomes:

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

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

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