Rise Of Moscow
Definition
Maxim’s removal from Kiev to Vladimir in 1299 is described as initially a change of residence only, since a true transfer of the see required conciliar approval and an imperial decree from Byzantium — subsequently regularized retroactively in Constantinople.
Episodes
Related Concepts
- Transfer Of The Metropolitan See
Biblical References
- Exodus 20:3 (alluded to) — “You shall have no other gods before me.
- 1 Corinthians 11:23-29 / John 6:53-56 (alluded to) — 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
- Matthew 22:21 / John 19:11 (implicit) — *They replied, “Caesar’s.” He said to them, “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” Jesus replied, “You would have no authority over me at all, unless it was given to you *