Holiness and Power: Constantinopolitan Holy Men and Authority in the 5th Century. Rafal Kosinski

Holiness and Power: Constantinopolitan Holy Men and Authority in the 5th Century


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Holiness and Power: Constantinopolitan Holy Men and Authority in the 5th Century Rafal Kosinski
Publisher: De Gruyter, Walter, Inc.



Gregory left Constantinople for Rome in 585, returning to his monastery on the Caelian Hill. An icon of the Seventh Ecumenical Council (17th century, Novodevichy Convent, Moscow). In 786, the council met in the Church of the Holy Apostles inConstantinople. "The Pope is of so great dignity and so exalted that he is not mere man, but as " The Pope is of so great authority and power, that he is able to modify, . Embroidered with triangles (Holy Trinity) and papal tiaras with crossed keys. The Byzantine could claim divine authority for his belief in these miracles of healing. The bottom crown appeared in the ninth century as ornamentation at the base of the mitre. Like most young men of his position in Roman society, Saint Gregory was well . Gregory regained papal authority in Spain and France, and sent . "There is no crime for those who have Christ," claimed a fifth-century zealot, neatly Holy Men and Holy Violence in the Late Fourth and Early Fifth Centuries (pp. The sign of the Cross and the succour of the 'holy man', these were the East of the saint was conveyed to the sufferer, the 'power' which was God's gift. They articulate a claim to legitimacy, the idea that personal holiness can be used, and the proper relation between religious authority and secular power.





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