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Authority and Legitimization: The Intra-Ecclesiastical Strategy of Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens
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[en] Authority and Legitimization: The Intra-Ecclesiastical Strategy of Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens
Papastathis, Konstantinos[University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Identités, Politiques, Sociétés, Espaces (IPSE) >]
[en] Politics and Religion ; Orthodox Church of Greece
[en] The election of Ieronymos as archbishop of Athens took place at a critical moment for the Orthodox Church of Greece (OCG). On the one hand, the social credibility of religious bureaucracy was waning. On the other, a fundamentalist faction within the Synod was essentially questioning his authority. In order to confront these problems, Ieronymos found the necessary social and religious legitimization via the partial democratization of the administrative function of the OCG as well as the restoration of its relations with the Patriarchate of Constantinople (the Ecumenical Patriarchate). The decoding of this intraecclesial strategy, starting from his election in February 2008 until October 2009, is the topic of the present article.
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