THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITY WITHIN THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

Vitali Petrenko. THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITY WITHIN THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH. A Theological and Historical Inquiry. Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, 2011. XII, 310 pp.

pb. ISBN 978-3-03911-372-9

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Following the period of “glasnost” and “perestroika”, the Russian Orthodox Church rose from the ashes of the Soviet Union and its ideology, and started to reassert its rightful place and authority within and beyond its canonical territory. This authority was exercised and revealed on several levels in relation to the rest of Christendom, both East and West: first, in relation to the ‘Mother’ Church and the Patriarchate of Constantinople and, second, in relation to the Roman Catholic Church and Protestant churches. In this book, the author addresses the previously unexplored issue of authority within the Russian Church and considers how and what type of authority was developed within the Church during its turbulent and controversial history and how this affects its operation today. The work investigates the historical contexts and events which led to a particular concept of authority being formulated in the Russian Orthodox Church within the wider framework of time, geography, theology and philosophy.

Contents:

Authority and the emergence of Christianity: “Ante-Nicene” period – “Pax Romana”: its origin and the significance for Christianity – Constantine era and beyond - Eusebius’ vision – Muscovite Rus’ - Russian Christianity: Kievan Rus’– The end of the Third Rome? - Nikon’s “raskol” – Under the shadow of the hammer and sickle - Bolshevik’s revolution: The end of the Imperial dream?
Vitali Petrenko, born in Gomel, Belorussia, studied theology at London Bible College, Brunel University and received his PhD at Durham University. He is the author of “Theology of Icons: Protestant Perspective” (2000).
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