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The Edict of Thessalonica (Greek: Έδικτο της Θεσσαλονίκης), issued on 27 February AD 380 by Theodosius I, made Nicene Christianity [note 1] the state church of the Roman Empire. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It condemned other Christian creeds such as Arianism as heresies of "foolish madmen," and authorized their punishment .
Thessalonica submitted again to Ottoman rule at this time, possibly after a brief period of resistance, [a] but was treated more leniently: although the city was brought under full Ottoman control, the Christian population and the Church retained most of their possessions, and the city retained its institutions. [8] [9]
[11]: 95 Thessalonica was an important city populated largely by Nicene Christians, most of whom would have been totally innocent of the crime, and Theodosius and his advisors would have known that. In Doležal's view, Theodosius must have listened to advice from the counselors in Milan with him, but what advice he received is unclear.
Admitting that there are stylistic problems between 2 Thessalonians and 1 Thessalonians, he argues that part of the problem is due to the composite nature of 2 Thessalonians. Murphy-O'Connor, along with many others scholars, argues that the current text of 2 Thessalonians is the product of merging two or more authentic letters of Paul.
The three men eventually continued their travels, and Paul wrote two letters to the new church at Thessaloniki, probably between 51 and 53, the First Epistle to the Thessalonians and the Second Epistle to the Thessalonians. In 306, Thessaloníki acquired a patron saint, St. Demetrius. Christians credited him with a number of miracles that saved ...
The Church of Prophet Elijah (Greek: Ναός Προφήτη Ηλία, Naós Profíti Ilía) is a 14th-century church in Thessaloniki, Greece, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [ 1 ] The church is located in the upper quarter of the old city, and dates to the Palaiologan period , but its original dedication is unknown.
In 1713, the Jesuits built St. Louis Church next to the French consulate. On 30 March 1740, it became a parish. Two years later, a new larger church, also named St. Louis, was built. In 1773, with the suppression of the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits was banned from Greece and the Lazarists replaced them. In 1839, a fire destroyed a third of the ...
They roused up the people against the aristocracy, and for two or three days, Thessalonica was like a city under enemy occupation and suffered all the corresponding disasters. The victors went shouting and looting through the streets by day and by night, while the vanquished hid in churches and counted themselves lucky to be still alive.