ideologies, culture, art and practices of the Byzantine Empire that influence current practices, especially in the Eastern part of the Roman Empire. Byzantine heritage influenced many cultures and the church politically, religiously and culturally during their reign before it fell in 1453 (The Greek Thesaurus, 1). The Byzantines had a great influence on the Slavs, who were the people of Eastern Europe and they shaped politics as well as culture and influenced their religious practices by promoting Christianity
previous councils in particular the Church's teaching on the dual nature of Christ, and reaffirmed that He is both Truly God and Truly Man. It also issued the Theopaschite Formula. This formula " One of the Trinity suffered" properly understood was the orthodox response to Nestorianism. This Council also condemned the Three Chapters, a compendium of the writings of Theodore of Mopsuestia, Theodoret of Cyrus, and Ibas of Edessa who were advocates of Antiochene theology, emphasizing Christ's humanity at the
with the eastern churches during his time of captivity and bring them inline with northern rule. Leader of the Constantinople church, Michael Cerularius, considered this an affront to his authority over the eastern churches. Up to this time the eastern churches had become lax with their communication with the Pope and northern churches. They still considered themselves part of the Holy Roman Catholic church but had a centralized eastern leader that ran most of the workings of the eastern churches
Christianity were autonomous from the Pope in Rome. Others obviously argued that the Pope was the sole leader of all Christian churches. In the end, the Pope in Rome and what is now known as the Greek Orthodox Church each excommunicated the other (Archimandrite 6). This is what is known as the Great Schism of 1054. So it is that the center of the Byzantine Empire was also the center of the split of the Catholic Church. The churches’ connected political history with Constantinople is another reason
religious conflict; a constant battle between the three major branches of Christianity: Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox. Martin Luther posted his 95 theses on the door of the Castle
The Church and the Renaissance By Bertha Jo Marcotte HIST 535 The Church and the Renaissance One of the most significant events for the Roman Catholic Church during the Renaissance Age was the second Great Schism resulting in the Papal See’s move from Rome to Avignon (in modern day south France) which lasted from 1309 – 1377. During this time there was one anti-pope, 1328-1330 Nicholas V who was set up as anti-pope by the Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV during the latter's quarrel with Pope John