Oikonomia In Politics

Definition

The material presents St. Alexy’s regency as the practical realisation of a genuine symphony: though the Primate became de facto head of the Russian state, ‘the mixing of the state and the Church, the substitution of one by the other did not happen’, and Orthodoxy enabled Russia to avoid ‘clericalism in the Western spirit’. Alexy’s wisdom lay in refusing to elevate the Church above a weakened state power.

Episodes

• 041 — History of the Russian Orthodox Church — Topic 4
• 044 — History of the Russian Orthodox Church — Topic 7

Related Concepts

• Symphony Of Church And State

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