Renewing the Life that Brings Salvation: Theodore the Studite's Defense of Icon Veneration
This study provides historical context for the life and ministry of the ninthcentury Byzantine Abbot, St. Theodore the Studite, during the years when he rose to monastic leadership in Constantinople, and offering some examples of his vehemently articulately texts in defense of icon veneration produc...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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NACCC
2020
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International congregational journal
Year: 2020, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 109-118 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages KCA Monasticism; religious orders NBF Christology |
| Further subjects: | B
Leadership
B Salvation B Communities B Istanbul (Turkey) B Reforms B Theodore the Studite B Church renewal B Devotion |
| Summary: | This study provides historical context for the life and ministry of the ninthcentury Byzantine Abbot, St. Theodore the Studite, during the years when he rose to monastic leadership in Constantinople, and offering some examples of his vehemently articulately texts in defense of icon veneration produced during the Iconoclastic Controversy during its second phase (813-843 CE), as well as introducing some of his highly influential organisational and liturgical reforms on the behalf of his monastic community. |
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| ISSN: | 1472-2089 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International congregational journal
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