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"Revolutionary Church" or "Church Revolution"? Some Recent Studies on the History of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1917

"Revolutionary Church" or "Church Revolution"? Some Recent Studies on the History of the Russian... <jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Contemporary Russian scholars usually try to abstain from any criticism to Russian Orthodox Church' actions in past and present. Meanwhile a situation in 1917 was very confused: the Holy Synod supported the abdication of its formal head – the Tsar. So historians discussed: what it was – "revolutionary Church" or "revolution inside Church"? One of them insists that bishops become "liberals", another argue that they operated accordingly old religious canons. In reality the full scale revolution inside Church took place: believers tried to overthrow the "reactionary" and "counterrevolutionary" bishops and priests as "serfs of old regime", rank and file clergy supported them.</jats:p> </jats:sec> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Soviet and Post Soviet Review Brill

"Revolutionary Church" or "Church Revolution"? Some Recent Studies on the History of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1917

Leont'eva, Tatiana
The Soviet and Post Soviet Review , Volume 36 (2): 182 – Jan 1, 2009
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Brill
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© 2009 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1075-1262
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1876-3324
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10.1163/107512609X12460110596941
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<jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Contemporary Russian scholars usually try to abstain from any criticism to Russian Orthodox Church' actions in past and present. Meanwhile a situation in 1917 was very confused: the Holy Synod supported the abdication of its formal head – the Tsar. So historians discussed: what it was – "revolutionary Church" or "revolution inside Church"? One of them insists that bishops become "liberals", another argue that they operated accordingly old religious canons. In reality the full scale revolution inside Church took place: believers tried to overthrow the "reactionary" and "counterrevolutionary" bishops and priests as "serfs of old regime", rank and file clergy supported them.</jats:p> </jats:sec>

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The Soviet and Post Soviet Review – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 2009

Keywords: ORTHODOX BISHOPS; RUSSIAN REVOLUTION; ORTHODOX CLERGY; RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH; THE HOLY SYNOD; ORTHODOX BELIEVERS

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