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Byzantine Rite orthodox Followed by all Orthodox churches, by Melchites in Syria and Egypt, Balkan Uniats, Italo-Greeks in Calabria, Apulia, Sicily and Corsica, by over 100,000,000 Christians . It is of Antiochene origin. It employs the Greek, Arabic, Old Slavonian, and Rumanian languages, and follows the Julian Calendar (Old Style), the liturgical year beginning 1 … Continue reading “Byzantine Rite orthodox”

Byzantine Rite catholic That used in the Church of Constantinople. It is the one most widely used after the Roman and has three forms. The oldest is the Liturgy of Saint James modified by Saint Basil the Great (died 379 ) and named after him. Saint John Chrysostom (died 407 ) modified Saint Basil ‘s … Continue reading “Byzantine Rite catholic”

Byzantine Rite (Also BYZANTINE RITE.) The Liturgies, Divine Office, forms for the administration of sacraments and for various blessings, sacramentals, and exorcisms, of the Church of Constantinople, which is now, after the Roman Rite, by far the most widely spread in the world. With one insignificant exception — the Liturgy of St. James is used … Continue reading “Byzantine Rite”

Byzantine Recension the text of the Greek N.T. in use at Constantinople after it became the metropolitan see of the Eastern empire. The readings of this recension are those which are most commonly found in the common printed Greek text, and are also most numerous in the existing manuscripts which correspond to it, a very … Continue reading “Byzantine Recension (2)”

Byzantine Literature To grasp correctly the essential characteristics of Byzantine literature, it is necessary first to analyze the elements of civilization that find expression in it, and the sources whence they spring. If Byzantine literature is the expression of the intellectual life of the Greek race of the Eastern Roman Empire during the Christian Middle … Continue reading “Byzantine Literature”

Byzantine Historians, The I. General Classification. This is the name habitually, but inaccurately, applied to the long succession of authors, of diverse merits and of diverse aims, who record or illustrate the course of the Roman empire in the East, from the accession of Constantine till after the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottomans. By … Continue reading “Byzantine Historians, The”

Byzantine Empire, The The ancient Roman Empire having been divided into two parts, an Eastern and a Western, the Eastern remained subject to successors of Constantine, whose capital was at Byzantium or Constantinople. The term Byzantine is therefore employed to designate this Eastern survival of the ancient Roman Empire. The subject will be here treated … Continue reading “Byzantine Empire, The”

Byzantine Empire Name given to the Roman Empire of the East, which flourished 395-1453, being founded upon the death of Theodosius by division of the Roman Empire between his two sons. In the 5th century the Nestorian heresy began to prevail in the East, and the empire was forced to pay tribute to Attila to … Continue reading “Byzantine Empire”

Byzantine Church SEE GREEK CHURCH. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Byzantine Church (2) SEE GREEK CHURCH. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Byzantine art The art developed in Constantinople (Byzantium) after it had become Constantine’s capital (A.D. 328 ) and the center of European and Eastern culture. Combining the elements of Greek and early Christian art with oriental love of color and lavish decoration, imported from Syria and Persia, it was characterized by formal rigidity in the … Continue reading “Byzantine Art”