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THE STATE AND THE CHURCH IN IV-VI CENTURIES. THE ROMAN EMPEROR AND THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION
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The bases of the relations between the Roman State and the Church were established by the Edict of Milan in 313. In the IVth and VIth centuries, these relationships between "Imperium" and "Sacerdotium", recte between the State and the Church, were marked by the state interference in the life of the Church, derogating therefore its legal and canonical status of its autonomy, which brought along the subservience of the clergy in relation to imperial power. The imperial constitutions, the Acts of the Ecumenical Councils and the canonical legislation - which were the subject of our hermeneutical analysis predilect for the preparation of this study - actually confirms us this unfortunate reality, which give us otherwise an eloquent testimony even the cult books of the Eastern Church published after the disappearance of the Byzantine Empire in the year 1453. Finally, we mention that due to our interdisciplinary approach and through the results of our scientific research work, this study brings up a concrete and effective contribution on the authentic way of understanding of the relationship between the State and Church, hence its novelty.
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