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On the Christianizing of Byzantine Empire from 4th to 9th Century

Author: ZhangRiYuan
Tutor: ChenZhiQiang
School: Nankai University
Course: World History
Keywords: 4-9 century. Byzantine Empire Christianization
CLC: K126
Type: PhD thesis
Year: 2010
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Abstract


The so-called Byzantine Empire, refers to Constantinople as the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. 330 AD, Constantine the Great officially opened the new capital \Since then, the Byzantine Empire, though heir to the Roman Empire itself, but as time goes on, it has been constantly away from the Roman world original features. Byzantine Empire began a new transformation, the most obvious and typical manifestations of the Byzantine Empire in the 4th century to accept Christianity as a state religion. Christianity was once \With the Christianization of Byzantine Empire, Christianity has gradually integrated into the empire's political, economic, social and culture, and become the Byzantine Empire decided to develop a major factor. Therefore, the Christian Byzantine Empire in the historical development plays a very important role, so that some scholars believe that do not understand you can not understand the Byzantine Christian Byzantine history. The purpose of this paper is that from a macro point of view of 4-9 centuries of the Christian Byzantine Empire to be explored in order to be able to answer the following two questions: First, why would the Christian Byzantine Empire became the only orthodox religion; followed incurred after the Christian empire into what an important impact. Early Byzantine Empire, the rapid rise of Christianity, the Christian empire of access to an unprecedented development, which has the characteristics of Christianity itself are inseparable. Compared with paganism, Christianity is an important feature is that it appears from the time since there is an \Perfect church organizations become Christians against pagan, Christianity spread fortress. Right time to meet the spiritual needs of people but also the development of the early Christian Byzantine Empire is an important reason, Christianity not only when people's concerns, such as after death would be like, as well as secular Why is there so much pain and so made interpretation of their religion, but people back then provide a pay \\First, some popular saint worship, be accepted traditional pagan customs and transformation; Second, it is not only people's anxiety to the then Byzantine mentality provide spiritual comfort, but also to provide them with the help of the secular. In politics, the early Byzantine Empire, Christianity both for Empire offers a new divine monarch monarchical theory, but also in the actual operation of the political rule of the then secular played an important supporting role. Thus, the Christian Byzantine Empire monarch got great support. Constantine the Great, by establishing the legitimacy of Christianity, the further development of the Christian paved the way; Saiaoduoxi Caesar by establishing the status of state religion of Christianity, as Christianity achieved victory against pagan provides legal basis; Chas Great Tennyson through their sacred theory and practice of the Christian empire, the Christian Movement into a peak. Meanwhile, the Christian empire monarch in getting support in the process of gradual integration into the imperial politics, the Byzantine Empire in the form of a \Into the Byzantine Empire in politics, while Christianity is also integrated into the empire's economic and social. Since 313 years, \Moreover, the early church with its Byzantine Empire than ever before, with a more economic source of income. Thus, in the early Byzantine Empire, the church gradually became emperor domestic economy can not be ignored, and even affect councils strong economic force. Meanwhile, in the early Byzantine Empire, with the spread of Christianity and its own economic strength and growth, Christianity began to play an important social role. First take on social assistance in this important social responsibility; Second Christian ethics ethics began to integrate into secular society. In the early Byzantine Empire, with the development of the Christian empire, how to deal with the relationship between classical culture, the Christian can not circumvent a problem. Christian classical Greek and Roman culture to take a kind of \Christian literature Christian culture and art are two of the most important part. In summary, the Byzantine Empire Early Christian empire from a number of believers about one-tenth of the total population of the small sect has expanded rapidly to become the only state religion of empire, the reason is nothing more than the following four points: First Christian when people meet the spiritual and practical needs; Second, its political rulers meet political needs of the empire, was the ruler's support; three is its paganism and classical culture to take the \Fourth, it has a perfect church organization. Based on the above reasons, in the early Byzantine Empire, Christianity gradually integrated into the empire's political, economic, social and cultural, forming a \and unique Christian culture.

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