Ritual Vs Dogma
Definition
Stoglav’s rulings on the mandatory Hallelujahs, the double-fingered sign of the cross, and the ban on shaving ‘were elevated to the degree of an absolute and enduring norms’, becoming a canonical basis for the seventeenth-century schism.
Episodes
Related Concepts
- Ritual Absolutism Staroobryadstvo Foreshadowed
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