The Cultural Influence Of The Church Flashcards
How much of the population were orthodox believers
70%
What was an integral part of the peasant culture
Religion and superstition
Who had close ties with the village and the state
Priests
What where priests expected to do
Read out imperial manifestos and decrees and to inform the police of any suspicious activity
What controls did the church have
Possessed strict censorship controls and the church courts judged mitral and social crimes and awarded punishments to the guilty
What happen to in 1862
An ecclesiastical commission was established to look into the church organisation and practice
What happened in 1868
Reforms were introduced to improve the education of priests
What happened to the churches influence under AIII
The Orthodox Church was given increased control over primary education
How did AIII reforms promote orthodoxy
It became offence to convert from the orthodox faith or to publish criticisms or it.
Radical sects were persecuted
Some regions saw enforced baptism while thousands of Muslims catholics and pagans were converted to orthodoxy
What was the evidence that the church’s influence was weakening
It was becoming less relevant for workers in the industrialising towns and even in the countryside superstition was sometimes stronger than trust in the priests
What did some liberals want the state and church to do ?
Regenerate the church and reform its relations with the tsarist state but their demands were suppressed
