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Are the Fasts of the Apostles, the Dormition and Christmas Obligatory or Voluntary (or Even Prohibited)? Religious Controversy in Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Byzantium

    Dirk KRAUSMÜLLER

Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik 73, pp. 111-124, 2024/03/06

doi: 10.1553/joeb73s111

doi: 10.1553/joeb73s111

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doi:10.1553/joeb73s111



doi:10.1553/joeb73s111

Abstract

This article seeks to cast light on a debate in eleventh- and twelfth-century Byzantium. At that time it was discussed whether the fasts of the Apostles, the Dormition and Christmas were obligatory or a matter of personal choice. The champions of the latter view argued that there was no canon requiring their observance. Others accused them of laxity but found it difficult to argue their case. Since proof texts were few and far between and not as informative as they would have wished the defenders of the fasts came to quite different conclusions.

Keywords: Fast of Christmas; Fast of the Dormition; Fast of the Apostles; Nicholas III Grammatikos; Michael Glykas