The state religion of the Byzantine Empire, during the entire time we refer to it by that name, was Christianity.
The Byzantines primarily worshipped Christianity, specifically in its Eastern Orthodox form, which became the state religion of the Byzantine Empire. They revered Jesus Christ as the Son of God and the Virgin Mary, along with numerous saints, who were considered intercessors. The Byzantine church was characterized by its rich liturgical traditions, iconography, and theological scholarship, reflecting a deep integration of faith and culture in Byzantine society.
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>Constantinople fell with rome in 414 to the Byzantine Empire. >>Constantinople fell on May 29, 1453 to Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror. This is when the Byzantine Empire also fell, and the Hagia Sophia became a mosque.
By the late 3rd century AD Christianity had become the major religion of the Roman Empire. Prior to this, the Roman religion was the most important one because it was the state religion. However, peoples in the provinces retained their old religions they had worshiped since before the Roman conquests.
The early Roman Empire was a polytheistic one. Polytheistic means that the religion contains more than one god/goddess (female god). The later empire saw the rise of Christianity as the new religion, replacing the old deities. The Byzantine Empire, which emerged in the eastern half of what was the old Roman Empire, continued these Christian beliefs, however, it did gradually evolve differences from the older Roman Empire, such as the iconoclasm crisis in the 700s and 800s, which caused internal pressures, as well as the idea of having a Patriarch, particularly the Patriarch of Constantinople, lead the Byzantine Church, whereas the Western Europeans increasingly followed the Pope in Rome. This resulted in the Great Schism in 1054, the culmination of centuries of gradual separation between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, that, in some ways, continues even today.
The Byzantine Empire.
Byzantine Empire is a term which has been coined by historians to indicate the eastern part of the Roman Empire after the fall of the western part. The people in question did not even know this term and called their empire Roman Empire. Christianity spread though the eastern part of the Roman Empire before the fall of the western part. Christianity developed into two main forms, the Latin or Western Church and the Greek or Eastern church. The former was the main form of Christianity in the western part of the empire and the latter was the main one in the eastern part. Later they came to be called Catholic and orthodox respectively. Both these branches of Christianity became state religion in 380. Therefore,what we now call Orthodox Christianity was already the religion of the eastern part of the Roman empire before the Byzantine period.
Byzantine is anything pertaining to the Byzantium Empire or its period of existence. Islamic are those things relative to the religion of Islam.
After the Byzantine-Sassanid War of 602-28 Syria became again a province of the Byzantine Empire. During the Muslim conquests of 634-718 Syria is conquered and became a caliphate (Islamic state) in the Middle East.
Through most of their history the ancient Romans had their own religion: Roman Religion. In the Later Empire Christianity spread in the Roman Empire, was endorsed by the Roman emperors and became state religion.
The Byzantines primarily worshipped Christianity, specifically in its Eastern Orthodox form, which became the state religion of the Byzantine Empire. They revered Jesus Christ as the Son of God and the Virgin Mary, along with numerous saints, who were considered intercessors. The Byzantine church was characterized by its rich liturgical traditions, iconography, and theological scholarship, reflecting a deep integration of faith and culture in Byzantine society.
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Christianity is the contribution of the Romans to religion. Christianity spread around the Roman Empire and eventually became state religion. Both Catholic and Orthodox Christianity originally developed in the Roman Empire.
When Constantine converted Christian, then Christianity became a state religion for the Roman Empire.
By Roman art we usually mean art from the Roman empire. When Emperor Constantine introduced Christianity as state religion, the center of the empire moved to Constantinople. After this we talk about Byzantine art which is mainly religious.
When Constantine converted Christian, then Christianity became a state religion for the Roman Empire.
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