The Eastern Church, 325-843
- Course Code
- RELI 0060
- Course Type
- Tutorials
- Subject Credit
- Course Availability
This course explores the Greek-speaking church based in and around the eastern Roman Empire, in the period between the First Council of Nicaea in 325, and the so-called Triumph of Orthodoxy in 843. It also considers relations with the Latin church, and Christian groups in the east that broke from imperial-sponsored orthodoxy. During this period Ecumenical (or universal) Councils, along with numerous emperors, patriarchs, theologians and others strove to define the self-understanding of the Church. It engages with primary sources in translation and a fine corpus of modern scholarly writing.
Sample Topics
- The Late Roman Context
- Church Councils, the Trinity and the Person of Christ
- Church-State Relations
- Spiritual and Liturgical Life
- Monasticism
- Missionary activity
- Iconoclasts and Iconodules