Vizantijski car kao zaštitnik sabornosti - primer Endimusa sabora u Vizantiji

Abstract

Sabornost predstavlja jedno od važnijih svojstava Crkve. Saborni način rešavanja bitnih crkvenih pitanja vremenom je doveo do formiranja više vrsta crkvenih sabora. Nesumnjivo najznačajnija forma crkvene sabornosti u istočnoj Crkvi su tzv. domaći ili endimusa sabori, čiji članovi su bili arhijereji koji su se zatekli u Konstantinopolju u trenutku kada se pojavila potreba za njegovim održavanjem. U radu je analiziran položaj koji je na ovim saborima imao vizantijski car, koja su bila njegova prava i u kojoj meri je imao uticaj na donošenje odluka. Autor zastupa stav da vladar nije imao supremaciju nad ovom vrstom sabora, već da su sva njegova prava delegirana od strane Crkve, koja je propisivala granice njegove jurisdikcije.

Conciliarity or synodality is one of the most important characteristics of the Orthodox Church. The conciliar way of resolving important church issues over the time led to the formation of several types of church councils. Undoubtedly, the most important form of ecclesiastical conciliarity in the Eastern Church were the so-called Endemousa synods, whose members were the bishops who found themselves in Constantinople at the time when the need arose for its maintenance. The paper analyzes the position that the Byzantine emperor had at these assemblies, what were his rights and to what extent he had an influence on decision-making. The author argues that the emperor did not have supremacy over this type of council, but that all his rights were delegated by the Church, which prescribed the limits of his jurisdiction.