Constantius
Definition
The problematic entanglement of imperial power with Church judgment, illustrated by Constantine’s exile of Arius and Constantius’s claim, “My will is the canon for you.”
Episodes
- 024 — History of the Christian Church — Topic 4
- 029 — History of the Christian Church — Topic 9
- 038 — History of the Russian Orthodox Church — Topic 1
- 053 — History of the Russian Orthodox Church — Topic 16
- 080 — New Testament — Topic 21
Related Concepts
- Church-State Relations
Biblical References
- Colossians 1:15 — * He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation, *
- Isaiah 53:8 — *He was led away after an unjust trial— but who even cared? Indeed, he was cut off from the land of the living; because of the rebellion of his own people he was wounded. *
- John 14:28 — You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father because the Father is greater than I am.
- Hebrews 13:4 — *Marriage must be honored among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers. *
- Romans 14:14 — *I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean in itself; still, it is unclean to the one who considers it unclean. *
- Romans 14:23 — *But the man who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not do so from faith, and whatever is not from faith is sin. *