Clerical Outsiders: The Edinoverie Priesthood in Imperial Russia, 1800-1917
Founded in 1800, edinoverie was a missionary mechanism that offered converts from "schismatic" Old Belief the use of their anathematised rituals within the Russian Orthodox Church. However, the edinoverie clergy's distinctive social characteristics and working conditions stymied succe...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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The journal of ecclesiastical history
Year: 2021, Volume: 72, Issue: 2, Pages: 372-394 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Russia
/ Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche
/ Edinovercy
/ Priest
/ History 1800-1917
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBK Europe (East) KDF Orthodox Church RB Church office; congregation SA Church law; state-church law |
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| Summary: | Founded in 1800, edinoverie was a missionary mechanism that offered converts from "schismatic" Old Belief the use of their anathematised rituals within the Russian Orthodox Church. However, the edinoverie clergy's distinctive social characteristics and working conditions stymied successful integration into the caste-like clerical estate. These representatives of an alternative form of Orthodoxy chiefly championed by Old Believers therefore remained on the periphery of the confession. This demonstrates the limits of intraconfessional diversity within the imperial Church: even when championed by ethnic Russians, the Church was reluctant to sponsor alternative visions of Orthodoxy in its own ranks. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-7637 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of ecclesiastical history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0022046920000627 |