Reassesing the Relationship between Emperor and Church under Justinian
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Reassesing the Relationship between Emperor and Church under Justinian. / Hilton Saggau, Emil.
In: Patristica Nordica Annuaria, Vol. 37, 2023, p. 57-78.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Reassesing the Relationship between Emperor and Church under Justinian
AU - Hilton Saggau, Emil
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Emperor Justinian’s reign (527–565) was a pivotal time in early Christian history that shaped the divisions between various Christian factions, which later emerged as the Oriental, Orthodox and Catholic denominations. A crucial part of the division was the controversy of the Three Chapters and the Council of Constantinople in 553. Justinian’s role in these events was crucial and has often been read as undue imperial interference that pushed the Eastern and Western factions further apart from each other. This is reassessed in this paper on the basis of how Justinian and his officials formulated their perception of the relationship between church and emperor in the law code, the Novellae from 535. Justinian’s involvement is thus re-examined on grounds of Eastern materials and sources which justify the emperor’s role in the debate in accordance with contemporary Roman jurisprudence and late Antique Christian-imperial ideology.
AB - Emperor Justinian’s reign (527–565) was a pivotal time in early Christian history that shaped the divisions between various Christian factions, which later emerged as the Oriental, Orthodox and Catholic denominations. A crucial part of the division was the controversy of the Three Chapters and the Council of Constantinople in 553. Justinian’s role in these events was crucial and has often been read as undue imperial interference that pushed the Eastern and Western factions further apart from each other. This is reassessed in this paper on the basis of how Justinian and his officials formulated their perception of the relationship between church and emperor in the law code, the Novellae from 535. Justinian’s involvement is thus re-examined on grounds of Eastern materials and sources which justify the emperor’s role in the debate in accordance with contemporary Roman jurisprudence and late Antique Christian-imperial ideology.
M3 - Journal article
VL - 37
SP - 57
EP - 78
JO - Patristica Nordica Annuaria
JF - Patristica Nordica Annuaria
SN - 2001-2365
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