Fra forfølgelse til statsreligion : aspekter ved forholdet mellom stat og kirke på 300 tallet i Bysants

2010

Masteroppgave i historie- Universitetet i Agder 2010 This theses deals with the relation of state and church in 4th century Byzantium. The research has been conducted based on three individual sources, namely the works of Eusebius of Cæsarea, Codex Theodosianus and church buildings. the main question has been: How did relations between church and state develop in 4th century Byzantium, and how did this development affect the power and identity of the church? The relations between church and state were strengthened by the fact that they were dependent of each other. The state needed the church to create unity in the multiethnic Byzantine empire. The church needed the state promote the new re…