by Brian Patrick Mitchell The textbooks say the Byzantine Empire was a theocratic autocracy uniting church and state under an all-powerful emperor believed by the Byzantines to be God’s viceroy and vicar. Nonsense, says Anthony Kaldellis, professor of classics at Ohio State University. The Byzantine Empire was a continuation of the Roman Empire and even […]
Covering Warfare in a Byzantine Maze – Literally
by Terry Mattingly This is Terry Mattingly’s advice for journalists who which to cover what just happened in the OCA. It goes without saying that I have received quite a bit of email from GetReligion readers, and others, wanting to know my take on last Friday’s resignation, and now the ongoing humiliation, of Metropolitan JONAH […]