Explain how the Christological councils of Nicaea‚ Constantinople‚ Ephesus and Chalcedon were a “tug of war” (a dialect) between the humanity and the divinity of Jesus. A Christological council was a meeting that had certain individuals gather together and discuss problems or a situation about Christianity. There were at least two sides opposing each other’s views. Often it was very intense in the
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of the Roman Empire from Rome to Constantinople‚ the Eastern Orthodox Christianity has evolved into a distinct branch of Christianity (Steeves). As Timothy Ware‚ the author of The Orthodox Church‚ suggests‚ major intellectual‚ cultural‚ and social developments that were taking place in a different region of the Roman Empire were not entirely consistent with the evolution of Western Christianity (Ware 8). These traditions and practices of the church of Constantinople were adopted by many and still provide
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The Greek Orthodox Church: Field Research Donna Falkenburg REL212 Living Religions Professor Charles Hall 6/16/13 The Greek Orthodox Church is very dominant in Greek life with the Archbishop traditionally being the political leader of the people. (Fisher 2011‚ p.343). The first Greek Orthodox Christians first arrived in the New World in 1768‚ and established a colony near what is now the present city of St. Augustine‚ Florida. The original building in which the
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the Black Sea are vassal states. But the achievement which gives Mehmed his title of Fatih (Conqueror)‚ and his secure place in history‚ has been his capture in 1453 of Constantinople. Fall of Constantinople: AD 1453 A month after his twenty-first birthday‚ in April 1453‚
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to create a decorative composition or a picture. Between the 4th century and 1453 (when the Ottomans conquered Constantinople)‚ the medium was a fundamental part of the decoration of important buildings in Constantinople (Cimok 1998‚ jacket). Byzantine mosaics were generally created for the decoration of churches. Most of the churches were basilica or central church plans (Lassus 1967‚ 130). The mosaics in Constantinople‚ especially Hagia Sophia‚ were created to celebrate the anointing of new emperors
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The Fall of the Byzantine Empire (1453 A.D.)- The Byzantine Empire‚ for centuries‚ had been in a state of free-falling decline since the end of the Fourth Crusade. While the empire was eventually able to revive itself after the devastating loss that the Fourth Crusade put Byzantium in 1261 A.D. with the rise of the Palaiologoi Dynasty‚ the empire had already endured far too much destruction to be saved from the crippling effects of war. In 1453‚ the Ottoman Empire‚ which had taken much of the Byzantine
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some land grants and would stay in order‚ collect taxes and campaign. The Ottoman Empire was led by the Conqueror Sultan Mehmed II. In 1453‚ the Constantinople was taken down as one of the largest and most powerful cities. As the Constantinople was taken down‚ this made the Ottoman Empire seem invincible. After the Ottoman Empire gained all control of the Constantinople‚ the Sultan then converted all of the Christian churches into Islamic Mosque. This then declared that Islam was going to be the main
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Constantine and the Eastern Roman Empire to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 led to the exploration of the Americas in the late 1400s. The Eastern Roman Empire remained in power from their separation of the Western Empire in 300 AD‚ until it was defeated in 1453 by the Ottoman Empire. Despite Constantine’s countless efforts to stop the Ottoman soldiers‚ Constantinople soldiers‚ led by Giustiniani‚ were outnumbered. The Ottomans came into Constantinople through a straight by the Sea of Marmara defeating the Roman
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remained intact while west crumbled. There where large and complex bureaucracy. Rebuilt Constantinople‚ including Hagia Sophia. Codified Roman law Corpus iuris civilis (The Body of the Civil law). Had sent Belisarius to reconquer the Western Roman Empire‚ which didn’t last. The emergence of the Islamic state‚ 17th century. Arab peoples conquer the Sasanid Empire and part of Byzantium. Prolonged sieges of Constantinople by Islamic armies. Byzantium survived partly because of the Greek fire. The Byzantine
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1. Ottomans: Turkic people who advanced from strongholds in Asia Minor during 1350s; conquered large part of Balkans; unified under Mehmed I; captured Constantinople in 1453; established empire from Balkans that included most of Arab world. 2. Mehmed II: Ottoman sultan called the "Conqueror"; responsible for conquest of Constantinople in 1453; destroyed what remained of Byzantine Empire. 3. Janissaries: Ottoman infantry divisions that dominated Ottoman armies; forcibly conscripted as boys
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