The Photian Schism
The Photian Schism
History and Legend
Dvornik
December 2008
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Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople, has been for a thousand years denounced by the Western Church as an arch-heretic and arch-schismatic of the Church and at the same time venerated in the East as a saint, scholar and a model churchman. Dr Dvornik reviews the whole history, reconsiders all the arguments, reconstitutes the facts, re-examines all the witnesses and comes to the conclusion that in the Photian case the Churchmen, Canonists and historians of the West were mistaken, that Photius was indeed a great churchman. In the second part of his book Dr Dvornik examines the reasons for this miscarriage of justice.
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December 2008Paperback
9780521101769
524 pages
216 × 140 × 30 mm
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Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part I. History:
- 1. Political parties, religious problems and opening conflict
- 2. Ignatius' resignation and Photius' canonical election
- 3. The Synod of 861
- 4. Nicholas, Photius and Boris
- 5. Photius' downfall and the council of 869–70
- 6. Photius' rehabilitation and the Synod of 879–80
- 7. The second schism of Photius, a historical mystification
- 8. Photius, Leo VI and the healing of the extremists' schism
- Part II. Legend:
- 1. The Photian case in latin literature till the twelfth century
- 2. Oecumenicity of the eighth council in medieval western tradition
- 3. Western tradition from the twelfth century to the fifteenth century
- 4. Fifteenth century till the modern period
- 5. Photius and the eighth council in the eastern tradition till the twelfth century
- 6. From the thirteenth century to the modern period
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- Sources
- Bibliography
- Index.
