Աստուածամարտական երեւոյթ հայոց մէջ ԺԳ. դարում
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2017
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The canons from the councils held in Sis (in 1243) and in Dzagavan (in 1270) verify the existence of a heretical movement in the XIII century in Armenia. It is called a "theomachy movement" as the adherents expressed outrage against God, faith, angels, baptism, priests, graves, etc. This unprecedented phenomenon is explained by the hoplessness caused by the brutal and heavy rule of the Selcuks and the Mongol-Tartars.
The Armenian Church had no choice but to involve high ranking clerics and lay authorities to address and fight this issue.
The adherents, among whom were monks, were subjected to both physical and canonic punishment, such as cutting of the tongue or piercing it with wire and pulling them within the settlement for one day, fining them in favor of the poor, anathematizing them, depriving them of Communion and Baptism, denying them a Christian burial ceremony, etc.
The fight against this phenomenon proved successful as the trend was stopped in the XIII century.
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Մանուչարեան, Ա., «Աստուածամարտական երեւոյթ հայոց մէջ ԺԳ. դարում», «Հայկազեան հայագիտական հանդէս», 2017, Պէյրութ, էջ 89-102