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Among the most intriguing aspects of late Byzantine intellectual and religious history is the phenomenon of Greek theologians who renounced the schism and advocated reunion with the Roman Church. The unionist movement reached its high point in the proceedings that resulted in the Council of Florence and its declaration of union between the Latin and Greek Churches in 1439. This article examines a key theological motif visible in the writings of Greek proponents of the Florentine Union, and John Plousiadenos (fl. 1460s) in particular: their identification of the Roman See and its bishop with prophetic power capable of overcoming earthly kings and disturbing terrestrial kingdoms. For unionists such as Plousiadenos, the Roman Church was not merely the “Mother See” and divinely appointed Head of Christendom, but a formidable Mistress that must be respected and obeyed at the threat of loss of power and liberty. For Plousiadenos, as well as other unionists who influenced him such as Basi ....
Neos Kosmos speaks with Victoria Paneras, who at the age of 17 was the first female swimmer in South Australia to retrieve the cross at the Blessing of the Waters ....
Neos Kosmos speaks with Victoria Paneras, who at the age of 17 was the first female swimmer in South Australia to retrieve the cross at the Blessing of the Waters ....