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The Medieval Church · c. 796–826
The Letters
Theodore the Studite · 759–826
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What it is
Over five hundred letters written largely from exile, organising resistance to imperial religious policy and holding a scattered monastic community together by post.
Why it lasted
The fullest picture of Byzantine monastic politics, and a sustained argument that the emperor has no authority to define doctrine.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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