TY - JOUR
T1 - Conversion front Greek orthodoxy to Roman Catholicism in the fourteenth century
AU - Kolbaba, Tia M.
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1. A shorter version of this paper was originally delivered at a conference entitled 'Conversion, Subversion, Perversion. Aspects of Change in the Middle Ages', Princeton University, April 4, 1992. I am grateful to the participants in that conference for their input. At that time, my work was being supported by the Mellon Foundation's dissertation-year fellowship. My thanks also to Robert Sinkewicz, who read an early draft of the paper and provided me with constructive criticism and helpful suggestions. Where I have erred, it is not for lack of good advice. My mistakes remain my own.
PY - 1995/1/1
Y1 - 1995/1/1
N2 - Several prominent Byzantines, including the Emperor John V Palaiologos, converted to Roman Catholicism in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. This may seem an odd sort of conversion. After all, if the fundamental tenets of the Christian faith are contained in the Nicene Creed, then Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic believers differ on only one tenet: whether the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father or from the Father and the Son – the Filioque issue. For a Christian to admit the double procession of the Holy Spirit is hardly on the same level as admitting that Mohammed is the prophet of the one God. Indeed, many members of each church have been willing to call the procession of the Holy Spirit unknowable and leave it at that.
AB - Several prominent Byzantines, including the Emperor John V Palaiologos, converted to Roman Catholicism in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. This may seem an odd sort of conversion. After all, if the fundamental tenets of the Christian faith are contained in the Nicene Creed, then Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic believers differ on only one tenet: whether the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father or from the Father and the Son – the Filioque issue. For a Christian to admit the double procession of the Holy Spirit is hardly on the same level as admitting that Mohammed is the prophet of the one God. Indeed, many members of each church have been willing to call the procession of the Holy Spirit unknowable and leave it at that.
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U2 - 10.1179/030701395790204136
DO - 10.1179/030701395790204136
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AN - SCOPUS:84976740561
SN - 0307-0131
VL - 19
SP - 120
EP - 134
JO - Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies
JF - Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies
IS - 1
ER -