The Photian Schism History and Legend [Paperback]

Dr Dvornik comes to the conclusion that Photius was indeed a great churchman.Dvornik reviews the whole history, reconsiders all the arguments, reconstitutes the facts, re-examines all the witnesses and comes to the conclusion that in the Photian case the Churchmen, Canonists and historians of the West were mistaken, that Photius was indeed a great churchman.Dvornik reviews the whole history, reconsiders all the arguments, reconstitutes the facts, re-examines all the witnesses and comes to the conclusion that in the Photian case the Churchmen, Canonists and historians of the West were mistaken, that Photius was indeed a great churchman.Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople, has been for a thousand years denounced by the Western Church as an arch-heretic and arch-schismatic of the Church and at the same time venerated in the East as a saint, scholar and a model churchman. Dr Dvornik reviews the whole history, reconsiders all the arguments, reconstitutes the facts, re-examines all the witnesses and comes to the conclusion that in the Photian case the Churchmen, Canonists and historians of the West were mistaken, that Photius was indeed a great churchman. In the second part of his book Dr Dvornik examines the reasons for this miscarriage of justice.Foreword; Preface; Part I. History: 1. Political parties, religious problems and opening conflict; 2. Ignatius' resignation and Photius' canonical election; 3. The Synod of 861; 4. Nicholas, Photius and Boris; 5. Photius' downfall and the council of 86970; 6. Photius' rehabilitation and the Synod of 87980; 7. The second schism of Photius, a historical mystification; 8. Photius, Leo VI and the healing of the extremists' schism; Part II. Legend: 1. The Photian case in latin literature till the twelfth century; 2. Oecumenicity of the eighth council in medieval western tradition; 3. Western tradition from the twelfth century to the fifteenth century; 4. Fifteenth century till the modern period; 5. Photius and the eighth council l3!