The Church and Social Reform: The Policies of the Patriarch Athanasios of Constantinople

ISBN: 9780823213344 Condition: New Hard cover Language: English Pages: 181 Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 181 p. The Church and Social Reform studies the nature and extent of Athanasios' social reforms and political involvement during his two tenures on the patriarchal throne of Constantiople. The traditional influence, power, and authority that resided in the patriarchate of Constantinople made the involvement of an aggressive patriarch in the social affairs of the empire virtually inevitable.