Religion and politics in the history of Great Moravia in the 9th century.

What is it about?

The origins of present modern Europe, meaning centralized political power, origin of state as well as the interconnection of politics and religion, Christianity, began in the Middle Ages, but on the other hand, since that time, Europe has gone over a significant transformation, which has changed the form of present Europe, as politically, as well as ideologically. The process related to the Christianization of Europe is considered to be inconsistent. On one hand, it was about introducing the values and norms of Christian ethics and morality into the lives of individuals and societies, but on the other hand, domestic and foreign politics of Christianized powers, as well as their rulers, was out of the values and norms of Christian ethics and morality. Christian ethics and morality had two forms: one for regular people, the other one for rulers and the state. There were two different forms of Christian ethics and morality: on one hand, it was about an individual ethics and morality, on the other hand it was social ethics and morality related to political elites performing domestic and foreign politics of the country. In fact, it was about the contrast among the Christianization of individual morality and the Dechristianization of social morality, or politics. From the historical point of view, the whole process of interconnection of Christianity and politics in the Middle Ages can be considered as natural, including the contrast of sacralization of morality and desacralization of politics.

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