Secularization Pressure
Definition
The dispute over monastic landownership raised ‘high on the list’ of Stoglav questions; Macarius was a Josephite while the tsar supported the non-possessors, and councils of 1573, 1580 and 1584 progressively restricted church land acquisition.
Episodes
Related Concepts
- Josephitism Vs Non-Possessiveness
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