HI101 Lecture Notes - Diocletian, Diocletianic Persecution, True Cross
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Roman administrative influence (diocese, bishops and their cities ) Diocese: jurisdiction was a roman administrative unit. In the state, the bishops step into the role as people who took care of city, like take care of courts, social services (physical well-being of cities) Western church is focused on roman churches, church of peter, they believe peter means everything. A church found by apostle has special status (someone jesus chose to spread the teachings of. Petrine doctrine: romans believe this church (apostle ones) should be above the others. In eastern, they believe some churches are patriarchal, so there are 5 churches in cities that are all equal (rome, jerusalem, constantinople, alexandria, antioquia (today turkey)) Shows that east/west divide has been there for a while. Theodosius (380: established christianity as official religion of the empire) Ambrose has status due to being in roman council and is rival of theodosius.
