"The history of Church and State relationships in both the world of
Western Latin Christianity and Eastern Greek Christianity was
characterized by 1000 years of cooperation, harmony, and peaceful
interaction." Comment on this following statement?

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Request for Question Clarification by scriptor-ga on 05 Dec 2002 05:32 PST

Dear vasalos,

I'm researching this topic right now and hope to have results soon. In
the meantime, could you please let me know whether you expect the
answer to meet any special requirements in form or volume?

Regards,
Scriptor

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Clarification of Question by vasalos-ga on 05 Dec 2002 09:15 PST

I want my answer to be pretty long, so it can help  me out with my 6 page paper

Here is a start.

From my research, it was not always the case that these two religious
sections got along well with the state. From an article titled
"church, empire and cluture" [
http://www.liturgica.com/html/litEChLitCh.jsp?hostname=liturgica ] "In
both the Eastern and Western Church, after Constantine released the
edict of toleration which made Christianity a "legal" religion,
interactions between church and state were not only inevitable, but as
the Christian Church became one of the most potent forces in the
Empire, they became necessary. Not all of these interactions were
necessarily bad. Many of them were theologically positive, and enabled
Christianity to develop and define the doctrines and practices that
became core components of the faith. On the other hand, there were
many periods in the fist millennium of the Christian Church which were
characterized by a struggle with the state."

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