Loca haereticorum ad Alessandria dalla metà del V alla metà del VII secolo
The almost permanent presence of two patriarchs in Alexandria from the Council of Chalcedon in 451 until the Arab conquest in the middle of the seventh century should find its reflection in the existence of two groups of clergy active in separate Alexandrian churches. The actual situation, however,...
| Summary: | The almost permanent presence of two patriarchs in Alexandria from the Council of Chalcedon in 451 until the Arab conquest in the middle of the seventh century should find its reflection in the existence of two groups of clergy active in separate Alexandrian churches. The actual situation, however, was far more complex. In my study, I try to determine its nature by answering the following questions: who exercised control over church buildings when the patriarch's seat on one of the clashing sides remained vacant over a lengthy period (482-538 on the Chalcedonian side; 535-566 on the anti-Chalcedonian one)? Who, in such cases, ordained members of the clergy to fill the posts vacated due to natural reasons? What determined the ecclesiastical geography of the city? Did all places of worship bear a 'doctrinal stamp' of some sort? As the advantage shifted from one doctrinal group to another in response to the emperor's inclinations, where did the disadvantaged worship and communicate, and where were they (and their children) baptized, as the number of their churches declined following the imperial bias? (English) |
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| ISSN: | 2611-8742 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
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