Coronation Of Ivan Iv
Definition
The idea, zealously promoted by Metropolitan Macarius in his literary work, that the Moscow state is a world Orthodox power and the Russian ruler the successor of the sacred authority of the East Roman emperors — implicitly confirmed in the East by Patriarch Joasaph II.
Episodes
Related Concepts
- Moscow The Third Rome
Biblical References
- John 10:30 / John 1:1 (implicit) — *The Father and I are one.” In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God. *
- John 6:53-56 (implicit) — Jesus said to them, “I tell you the solemn truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in yourselves. The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I wil