TO WHAT EXTENT DID ARMENIA BECOME CHRISTIAN DURING THE FOURTH AND FIFTH CENTURIES? PERFORMING CHRISTIANITY AMONG ARMENIAN<i> ELITES</i>


CİNEMRE İ. T.

MUSEON, sa.3-4, 2024 (AHCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Basım Tarihi: 2024
  • Dergi Adı: MUSEON
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus, IBZ Online, Periodicals Index Online, L'Année philologique, ATLA Religion Database, Index Islamicus, Linguistic Bibliography, MLA - Modern Language Association Database
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The narrative of the Christian history of Armenia has taken on a mythical character, a development exacerbated by the absence of pagan Armenian historiographical sources. The fourth and fifth centuries hold particular significance for Armenia in this narrative, as they do for other regions. However, questions linger regarding the accuracy of the Christianization depicted by Christian Armenian sources and the extent of Christianity's impact on Armenian elites. This study attempts to examine the influence of Christianity during the fourth and fifth centuries in a multicultural religious environment and to determine the extent to which Christianity was actually practiced.