Borrow it
Coverart for item
The Resource A bridge to the schism : Edinoverie, Russian orthodoxy and the ritual formation of confessions, 1800-1918, James Matthew White

A bridge to the schism : Edinoverie, Russian orthodoxy and the ritual formation of confessions, 1800-1918, James Matthew White

Creator
Contributor
Summary
Between 1800 and 1918, the Russian Orthodox Church attempted to re-unite the Old Believer schism with Russian Orthodoxy by means of Edinoverie. This was a uniate movement that would allow schismatic converts to retain their old rituals whilst being subordinated to the authority of the Church hierarchy. From the very moment of its foundation, Edinoverie was subject to high levels of suspicion from most members of the Church. The rules of Metropolitan Platon, the settlement that created Edinoverie in 1800, embodied this distrust: the provisions sought to keep the converts at the boundaries of the Orthodox confession so as to prevent them from tempting Orthodox parishioners towards the schism. Over the next 118 years, edinovertsy, churchmen and government authorities struggled with the legacy of Platon's rules as they tried to define Edinoverie's place between Orthodoxy and Old Belief. In doing so, they devised new ways about thinking of the Orthodox confession. However, the Church enacted reform of Edinoverie reluctantly. It was permanently held back by fear of apostasy. Pressure for change always came from without, primarily from the side of the state. The shifts in its policies towards Old Belief ultimately forced the Holy Synod to renovate Edinoverie so as to maintain its missionary appeal. By 1918, Edinoverie had not come any closer to bringing the Old Believers back into the Church. Its attractiveness was undermined by earlier state coercion, by the hostility of many churchmen and by the contradictions inherent within its foundation. Edinoverie also represented a fundamental misunderstanding on the side of the Church as to why the schism had begun in the first place
Language
ita
Work
Publication
Extent
v, 373 pages
Note
Examining Board: Professor Stephen Anthony Smith, European University Institute (Supervisor); Professor Boris Kolonitskii, European University in St. Petersburg; Professor Simon Dixon, University College, London; Professor Irina Paert, University of Tartu
Link
http://hdl.handle.net/1814/33054
Instance
Label
A bridge to the schism : Edinoverie, Russian orthodoxy and the ritual formation of confessions, 1800-1918
Title
A bridge to the schism
Title remainder
Edinoverie, Russian orthodoxy and the ritual formation of confessions, 1800-1918
Statement of responsibility
James Matthew White
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Language
ita
Summary
Between 1800 and 1918, the Russian Orthodox Church attempted to re-unite the Old Believer schism with Russian Orthodoxy by means of Edinoverie. This was a uniate movement that would allow schismatic converts to retain their old rituals whilst being subordinated to the authority of the Church hierarchy. From the very moment of its foundation, Edinoverie was subject to high levels of suspicion from most members of the Church. The rules of Metropolitan Platon, the settlement that created Edinoverie in 1800, embodied this distrust: the provisions sought to keep the converts at the boundaries of the Orthodox confession so as to prevent them from tempting Orthodox parishioners towards the schism. Over the next 118 years, edinovertsy, churchmen and government authorities struggled with the legacy of Platon's rules as they tried to define Edinoverie's place between Orthodoxy and Old Belief. In doing so, they devised new ways about thinking of the Orthodox confession. However, the Church enacted reform of Edinoverie reluctantly. It was permanently held back by fear of apostasy. Pressure for change always came from without, primarily from the side of the state. The shifts in its policies towards Old Belief ultimately forced the Holy Synod to renovate Edinoverie so as to maintain its missionary appeal. By 1918, Edinoverie had not come any closer to bringing the Old Believers back into the Church. Its attractiveness was undermined by earlier state coercion, by the hostility of many churchmen and by the contradictions inherent within its foundation. Edinoverie also represented a fundamental misunderstanding on the side of the Church as to why the schism had begun in the first place
Member of
Cataloging source
IT-FiEUI
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
White, James Matthew
Date time place
Defence date: 23 September 2014
Dissertation note
Thesis (Ph. D.)--European University Institute (HEC), 2014.
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
theses
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
European University Institute
Series statement
  • EUI PhD theses
  • EUI theses
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Orthodox Eastern Church
  • Russia
  • Russia
Label
A bridge to the schism : Edinoverie, Russian orthodoxy and the ritual formation of confessions, 1800-1918, James Matthew White
Link
http://hdl.handle.net/1814/33054
Instantiates
Publication
Note
Examining Board: Professor Stephen Anthony Smith, European University Institute (Supervisor); Professor Boris Kolonitskii, European University in St. Petersburg; Professor Simon Dixon, University College, London; Professor Irina Paert, University of Tartu
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-373) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Control code
FIEb17605970
Dimensions
30 cm.
Extent
v, 373 pages
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)914479297
Label
A bridge to the schism : Edinoverie, Russian orthodoxy and the ritual formation of confessions, 1800-1918, James Matthew White
Link
http://hdl.handle.net/1814/33054
Publication
Note
Examining Board: Professor Stephen Anthony Smith, European University Institute (Supervisor); Professor Boris Kolonitskii, European University in St. Petersburg; Professor Simon Dixon, University College, London; Professor Irina Paert, University of Tartu
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-373) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Control code
FIEb17605970
Dimensions
30 cm.
Extent
v, 373 pages
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)914479297

Subject

Member of

Library Locations

    • Badia FiesolanaBorrow it
      Via dei Roccettini 9, San Domenico di Fiesole, 50014, IT
      43.803074 11.283055

Library Links

Structured data from the Bibframe namespace is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by European University Institute Library. Additional terms may apply to data associated with third party namespaces.