medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> Agapitus I (d. 536) .... succeeded in convincing
> the emperor to depose the monophysite patriarch of Constantinople.
I believe there is a continuing re-evaluation of the
place of Monophysitism in Constantinople during this period. It used
to be stated, for example, that the Empress Theodora was a Monphysite
and harboured Monophysite monks in the Hormisdas Palace. Although
their presence there is well attested, there is now a theory that
Justinian was sheltering Monophysite refugees from the east in a
diplomatic attempt to lure the Monophysites towards Orthodoxy.
No matter how one interprets the evidence, it certainly seems as
if the capital of Orthodoxy was crawling with Monophysites during
the 6th century. Does anyone know anything about this "Byzantine"
situation?
Cheers,
Jim Bugslag
Dr. Jim Bugslag,
School of Art,
University of Manitoba,
Winnipeg, MN,
Canada, R3T 2N2
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