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050 00 $aBX300$b.R86 1977
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100 1 $aRunciman, Steven,$d1903-2000.
245 14 $aThe Byzantine theocracy /$cSteven Runciman. --
260 0 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c1977.
300 $aviii, 197 p. ;$c20 cm. --
440 4 $aThe Weil lectures ;$v1973
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $a1. The Christian empire: the image of God upon earth -- 2. The viceroy of God: the plenitude of imperial power -- 3. The battle over images: the challenge of popular belief -- 4. The working compromise: the limits of imperial control -- 5. The monks and the people: the opposition to the palace and the hierarchy -- 6. Decline and fall: the end of the Kingdom of God on earth.
520 $aThe constitution of the Byzantine Empire was based on the conviction that it was the earthly copy of the Kingdom of Heaven. Just as God ruled in Heaven, so the Emperor, made in his image, should rule on earth and carry out his commandments. This was the theory, but in practice the state was never free from its Roman past, particularly the Roman law, and its heritage of Greek culture. Sir Steven Runciman's Weil lectures trace the various ways in which the Emperor tried to put the theory into practice - and thus the changing relationship between church and state - from the days of the first Constantine to those of the eleventh. The theocratic constitution remained virtually unchanged during those eleven centuries. No other constitution in the Christian era has endured for so long.
650 0 $aChurch and state$zByzantine Empire$xHistory.
651 0 $aByzantine Empire$xChurch history.
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast
776 08 $iOnline version:$aRunciman, Steven, 1903-2000.$tByzantine theocracy.$dCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1977$w(OCoLC)767560202
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