- The form of Christianity that dominated in Eastern Europe (Greece and Russia are the two
most obvious countries)
- It developed different rituals, priorities and politics from the Christian Church in Western Europe.
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Moscow
• After the fall of Constantinople in 1453,
Moscow became the centre of the Orthodox Church
• The Church developed a very different
set of rituals and beliefs from Western European Christianity
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How did the Church prevent reforms?
• Nothing similar to the Reformation took
place (the Reformation lay behind a lot
of the political reforms during the 18th/19th century
• No religious reforms = No political reform
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Superstitious Ideas
• By the 19th Century the Orthodox
Church retained superstitious ideas that
had barely changed since the 15th
Century
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How did the peasants show their belief in the Divine Right of Kings?
- They called the Tsar the "Little Father"
- They carried a picture of the Tsar or had one in their huts, along with pictures of Jesus, the Virgin Mary and Saints.
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How did the Church and the Tsar support each other?
- The Orthodox Church supported the Monarchy as God’s representative on Earth (Ruling by Divine Right)
- In return, the Church received state protection
-The Patriarch of Moscow had authority over the church and worked closely with the Tsars
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The Church and Society
- Orthodoxy taught its followers to accept that conditions on Earth were God’s will
- A good Orthodox Christian should never question their earthly position
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The Church and Society contd.
- Reward would come in the next world
- This sort of teaching, reluctance to embrace change and isolation helped the Tsar and Church to maintain control over society
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Did all priests support the Tsarist regime?
• No- some were very sympathetic to the Peasant and working-class populations that they worked with
• Some were even involved in Revolutionary
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Define iconography
The use of images and symbols to represent ideas, or the particular images and symbols used in this way by a religious or political group
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Define the Great Schism
The separation of the Catholic church of the West from the Orthodox churches of the East in 1054.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Moscow
Back
• After the fall of Constantinople in 1453,
Moscow became the centre of the Orthodox Church
• The Church developed a very different
set of rituals and beliefs from Western European Christianity
Card 3
Front
How did the Church prevent reforms?
Back
Card 4
Front
Superstitious Ideas
Back
Card 5
Front
How did the peasants show their belief in the Divine Right of Kings?
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