Church Geography
Definition
The project to divide the vast Russian Church into roughly 100 small dioceses according to the number of significant cities, resisted by the episcopate because it would reduce episcopal property and prestige; only four bishoprics were opened.
Episodes
Related Concepts
- Diocesan Fragmentation In The Greek Manner
Biblical References
- Matthew 26:26-28 (cf. ‘Come ye, this is My Body… My Blood…’) — While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to his disciples, and said, “Take, eat, this is my body.” And after taking the cup and giving thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “D
- 1 Corinthians 11:23-25 — For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread, and after he had given thanks he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do
- Revelation 13:16-17 (the seal of Antichrist, implicit) — He also caused everyone (small and great, rich and poor, free and slave) to obtain a mark on their right hand or on their forehead. Thus no one was allowed to buy or sell things unless he bore the mark of the beast—that