Political Hesychasm and its Traditions in the Foundations of the Social Concept of Russian Orthodox Church

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2. Original titleПолитический исихазм и его традиции в "Основах социальной концепции Русской Православной Церкви"
3. Language term Russian
4. lemma author Saprykin, Dmitry
5. lemma category Orthodox theological tradition and practice
6. Publication date 2002
7. lemma work Петрунин Владимир [Author]. Political Hesychasm and its Traditions in the Foundations of the Social Concept of Russian Orthodox Church
8. lemma manifestations Политический исихазм и его традиции в "Основах социальной концепции Русской Православной Церкви" : Political Hesychasm and its Traditions in the Foundations of Social Concept of Russian Orthodox Church
9. Keywords Social Conception of Russian Orthodox Church - Hesychasm
10. Citations
    1. http://www.dissercat.com/content/politicheskii-isikhazm-i-ego-traditsii-v-osnovakh-sotsialnoi-kontseptsii-russkoi-pravoslavno
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    1. Petrunin outlined the main components of the political ideology of hesychasm:

       1) the priority of the Kingdom of God over the kingdom of Caesar, and, therefore, the Church over the state;

       2) the autonomy of church authority;

       3) the preservation of the unity and universal character of the Patriarchate of Constantinople;

       4) the priority of Romanian imperialism over Greek nationalism;

       5) the preaching of Orthodox Ecumenism;

       6) the recognition of the possibility of state support only if the latter is faithful to Christian values;

       7) the opposition to the Catholic ideological and Western European political and economic influence.

       The analysis of the political chapters of the social doctrine of Russian Orthodox Church demonstrates the existence of political tradition of Hesychasm in the Foundations of the Social Concept of Russian Orthodox Church. This is especially clearly manifested in the current assertion by the Church of its independence from state power in matters of dogma, worship, internal self-government and relations with other Local Orthodox Churches. The Russian Orthodox Church is today the only serious opponent of liberal ideology, poses the author and its position is focused on preserving the ideological independence of Russia, supporting the unification processes in the territory of the former Soviet Union.

       All this suggests that the meaning of the “Fundamentals of the social concept of the Russian Orthodox Church” is not limited solely to the theological sphere or questions of the church-state relations. The ecclesiastical document raises the global problem of preserving the original Russian Orthodox civilization in the context of the rapid process of political, legal, economic, cultural and informational globalization.