Scientific Journal of KubSAU

The article examines the process of secularization of Church property in the history of the world. Special attention is paid to the assumptions of the preparation of secularizing reforms in the Russian state since the policy of Joann III. We address the relationship between Church and state in the field of Church lands and ecclesiastical jurisdiction authorized in Stoglav in 1551, and in the judgment of the Council estates in 1581 and 1584. The article studies the reasons, under which it became necessary, in conditions of the emerging absolutism, to limit the Church's estates; the ecclesiastical jurisdiction in this connection, there was issued the national Code – “Sobornoye ulozheniye” of 1649. The study discusses the limitation of economic and administrative privileges of the Church in accordance with the Council code of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich. The article focuses on the administrative and financial functions of the Monastic Order. We have also made a distinction, and there are differences in the powers between the Monastic Orders 1649 and between recreated Monastic Order in 1701. The article discusses the mission of the Church reform of Peter I the Great and the results of this reform, which prepared the legislative framework for the secularizing reforms of Catherine II the Great

The article discusses the "Symphony of authorities" in Byzantium and Russia. It reveals the nature, origins and objectives of the State and the Church. Since ancient times, the Church played an important role in the life of society and state. In Byzantium, the authority of the Emperor played a major role in strengthening the Orthodox Church. The Church, particularly, has developed and highlighted the official doctrine of the divine origin of the Imperial power. In the Byzantine Empire a perfect model of Church-state relations – "Symphony of authorities" was formed. The article takes into account the Byzantine edicts, which regulated the relationship between the Church and the state. We considered the legislative acts of Ancient Russia, confirming the existence of that "Symphony" in the Kiev period. The basis of the ancient law was based on the Byzantine collection of ecclesiastical rules and Imperial edicts, called Nomocanon. The article focuses on the models of the interaction of the Church and the state. Special attention was paid to the concept of "Moscow is the third Rome", due to the continuity of the Byzantine Empire Russia as an Orthodox center. We discuss the result of Ferrara-Florence Union as the main reason for the awareness and acceptance of the concept of Philotheus by Russian people. Taking into consideration the concept of "Moscow is the Third Rome", we consider models of the interaction between the state and the Church in the era before Peter I the Great