Eastern Christian Books: Relishing Rather than Rubbishing Byzance avant Byzance

Eastern Christian Books: Relishing Rather than Rubbishing Byzance avant Byzance

Cambridge University Press

Diptych Ivory Leaf of the Consul Anastasius

@V_and_Ahttps://t.co/taRvhhn9Nw

— The Byzantine Legacy (@ByzantineLegacy) August 14, 2021

Eastern Christian Books: Byzantine Religious Law in Southern Italy

Eastern Christian Books: Byzantine Religious Law in Southern Italy

OUP

Some of the Apostolic Churches Might Object to This

"It was in [the Christian Roman Empire] that the rites, beliefs, and political theology of traditional Christianity – for all its later fissures and divisions – were fashioned."

– Professor Andrew Louth FBA explains the field of Byzantine studies: https://t.co/eiNruQim7b

— The British Academy (@BritishAcademy_) February 3, 2021

Red Church

Red Church (c. 5C), near Guzelyurt, the home of Gregory of Nazianzus. The oldest surviving masonry dome in Anatolia. A beautiful church in a surreal setting. pic.twitter.com/x1jpFAVadP

— Jason Borges (@JasonBorges12) December 1, 2020

Julian the Apostate

Une #statue aux deux visages... 😮
On a longtemps vu dans cette sculpture une représentation de l’empereur Julien l’Apostat. Et pourtant... Des recherches récentes remettent en cause cette interprétation.
Quelques explications s’imposent 😉 👇#Museum30 #CultureChezNous pic.twitter.com/cI04XHD12J

— Musée de Cluny (@museecluny) November 25, 2020

The Final Pagan Generation by Edward Watts

How did 4th century Romans experience the dramatic political and religious change happening during their lifetime? Watch this interview with scholar Edward Watts to find out! @UCSanDiego #Twitterstorianshttps://t.co/pPzBxse5YO

— University of California Press (@ucpress) October 14, 2020

UC Press

Who Are the True Romans?

“The Roman Empire we look back to as part of our heritage is Latin and Pagan, whereas the Byzantine Empire was Greek and Christian.”
Professor Andrew Louth FBA discusses the importance of Byzantine studies in modern scholarship: https://t.co/ZRcY3uCMP3

— The British Academy (@BritishAcademy_) October 20, 2020

The Emperor Triumphant

https://t.co/CmPvpZVYBS @Smarthistory @drszucker @bethrharris

— The Byzantine Legacy (@ByzantineLegacy) September 24, 2020

Christian Imperialism

Thread Reader App thread

The woman under the horse, a personification of the Earth, holds the emperor’s foot in a gesture of submission. The lower register depicts the vanquished barbarians paying tribute to their conqueror. pic.twitter.com/TF4SZavdNv

— The Byzantine Legacy (@ByzantineLegacy) September 22, 2020

A Spiritual Transformation of an Empire

Full clip: https://t.co/bfdSWsjF7L

— New Polity (@PostliberalTho1) August 21, 2020

Eastern Christian Books: How Apostate Was Julian?

Eastern Christian Books: How Apostate Was Julian?

Eastern Christian Books: Politically Coerced Orthodoxies

Eastern Christian Books: Politically Coerced Orthodoxies

On the Conversion of the Western Roman Empire

It would not be surprising if Latins think first of all of the persecution of Christians in Rome in connection with its eventual conversion. But in considering the historic relations between Christians and their pagan neighbors, and to what degree they co-existed, does Rome give us a representative picture of what was happening elsewhere in the Roman Empire? And was it truly the case that Rome converted because the blood of martyrs is the seed of faith? Or because of the rise of the "Constantinian Church" and the subsequent declaration of Christianity as the official religion of the empire, along with the outlawing of other religions? Is this pattern of apparent conversion replicated elsewhere, with the conversion of tribes and kingdoms? And should we really consider that a viable model of evangelization? After all the persecutions (and martyrdom) of Christians in China, Korea, and Japan, for example, has not had similar results yet; and Christians not having the reins of state in these polities is not an insignificant difference. Even if we think of Mexico converting not because of the prestige and power of the Church under the Spanish but because of the intervention of Our Lady of Guadalupe, what about the rest of Ibero-America?

A Church of the Many or a Church of the Few? Louis Bouyer's question remains relevant today, especially with the latest Apostolic Exhortation repeating the calls of previous pontificates for a new evangelization.

Rome and Constantinople

Amazon’s New Co-Headquarters: A Cautionary Tale by Kevin T. DiCamillo

Some Latin triumphalism in this article.


Two Romes: Rome And Constantinople in Late Antiquity