Your presentation will present the evidence and explain to the class the relationship between the bishop of Rome and the Roman emperor in Constantinople between the 5th and 7th centuries. The presentation will touch on the issues of temporal and spiritual authority, the evolution of Christian theology, the growth of religious conformity, and the influence of barbarian invasions. Think of it in terms of a discussion between a papal emissary and a Byzantine emperor over papal and imperial power and authority in order to present both sides. The presentation itself may take any form, but must incorporate in some way the following readings:
Primary sources:
The papacy
The east
The west
Secondary works:
T. S. Brown
Gilbert Dagron, Emperor and Priest: The Imperial Office in Byzantium (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003), pp. 13-124, 127-219 (BX 300 .D33913 2003)
Klaus Schatz, Papal Primacy: From its Origins to the Present (Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1996), pp. 1-77.
Deno J. Geanakoplos
Prepared 21 January 2003
Updated February 04, 2010
T. Vann
Department of History / College of Saint Benedict/St. John's University
email tvann@csbsju.edu