The Preliminaries of the Fourth Lateran Council (1215): From an Orthodox Perspective
The reaction of the Orthodox Church to the Fourth Lateran Council (1215) arguably set a pattern that would persist until the end of Byzantium. While members of the hierarchy were mostly opposed to accepting invitations to attend the council, the Emperor Theodore i Laskaris saw it as an opportunity t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2019]
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| In: |
The journal of ecclesiastical history
Year: 2019, Volume: 70, Issue: 1, Pages: 38-56 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Byzantine Empire
/ Orthodox Church
/ Laterankonzil 4. (1215 : Rom)
/ Unity
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KBK Europe (East) KCC Councils KDF Orthodox Church |
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Volltext (Publisher) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | The reaction of the Orthodox Church to the Fourth Lateran Council (1215) arguably set a pattern that would persist until the end of Byzantium. While members of the hierarchy were mostly opposed to accepting invitations to attend the council, the Emperor Theodore i Laskaris saw it as an opportunity to open up a dialogue with the papacy in the hope of deriving some political advantage. This episode reveals that negotiations over the Union of Churches divided Byzantine society in a way that had not happened before 1204. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-7637 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of ecclesiastical history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0022046918000659 |
