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Eastern Orthodox Church System
The Byzantine Eastern Orthodox Church system, centered on the Patriarchate of Constantinople, governed most dioceses in the Balkans and Anatolia unde…
Timeline
- c. 527–600Constantinople · Byzantine EmpireJustinian's code confirmed the church's corporate legal status, the hierarchical order of the five patriarchates was consolidated, and the Patriarch of Constantinople held a leading position in eastern diocesan affairs.
- c. 601–700Constantinople · Byzantine EmpireThe Arab conquests detached the patriarchates of Syria and Egypt from the empire; the Patriarch of Constantinople's jurisdiction shrank but centralization strengthened; church and imperial power collaborated more closely under Heraclius to maintain Orthodox identity.
Sources
- The Byzantine Christ: Person, Nature, and Will in the Christology of Saint Maximus the Confessor — Demetrios Bathrellos (2004)
- Byzantium: The Imperial Centuries, AD 610–1071 — Romilly Jenkins (1966)