On the formation of an ideological faction in the Greek Orthodox Church in the second half of the eighteenth century: the Kollyvades†
Kollyvades, a distinct ideological faction in the Greek-Orthodox Church, did not represent a simple conservative reaction to the challenge of modernity, but an alternative effort of reform, the yeast of a potent movement of re‑traditionalisation. They unsuccessfully sought to rise from a dominated p...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Bulletin de correspondance hellénique moderne et contemporain
2020
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Résumé: | Kollyvades, a distinct ideological faction in the Greek-Orthodox Church, did not represent a simple conservative reaction to the challenge of modernity, but an alternative effort of reform, the yeast of a potent movement of re‑traditionalisation. They unsuccessfully sought to rise from a dominated position (as monks and scholars) in the Greek-Orthodox religious field to a dominant position as bearers and keepers of Tradition. Their attempt to reverse their dominated position in the Greek-Orthodox religious field and their effort to dominate the monastic sub‑field failed, but failure forced them to produce a renovating religious discourse and to address a larger audience, unintentionally escaping the narrow Athonite arena. The clash with the radical republicans of the Balkan Enlightenment offered them the possibility to upgrade themselves as the most intransigent apologists of the official Church and its loyalist policy. Thus, they finally, succeeded to carve out for themselves a dominant position as custodians of Tradition. They ironically became themselves sources of ecclesiastical legitimation for the clerical faction that seeks to topple the submission of the Church to the modern centralised Nation-State. |
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