После падения Западной Римской империи в конце V века Восточная Римская империя при императоре Юстиниане I (годы правления 527–565) стала основным[18] в мире[6] государством римского права, греческой культуры и греческого языка[19]. В этом христианском государстве, где почти все подданные исповедовали веру в Иисуса, «огромное количество художественных талантов было вложено в строительство церквей, церковные церемонии и церковное убранство»[18].
↑Eberle, Edward J. Church and State in Western Society: Established Church, Cooperation and Separation. — Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2013-02-28. — P. 6. — «Under the established church approach, the government will assist the state church and likewise the church will assist the government. Religious education is mandated by law to be taught in all schools, public or private.». — ISBN 9781409497806.
↑ 12Milman, Henry Hart. The History of Christianity / Henry Hart Milman, James Murdock. — A. C. Armstrong & Son, 1887. — P. 258. — «But while Persia fiercely repelled Christianity from its frontier, upon that frontier arose a Christian state. Armenia was the first country which embraced Christianity as the religion of the King, the nobles, and the people.».
↑ 12Ching, Francis D. K. A Global History of Architecture / Francis D. K. Ching, Mark M. Jarzombek, Vikramaditya Prakash. — John Wiley & Sons, 2010-12-13. — P. 213. — «In the 4th century, King Ezana converted to Christianity and declared Aksum a Christian state—the first Christian state in the history of the world.». — ISBN 9780470402573.
↑ 12Ashby, Warren. A Comprehensive History Of Western Ethics. — Prometheus Books, 2010-07-04. — P. 152. — «In the Edict of Thessalonica (380) he expressed the imperial "desire" that all Roman citizens should become Christians, the emperor adjudging all other madmen and ordering them to be designated as heretics,...condemned as such...to suffer divine punishment, and, therewith, the vengeance of that power, which we, by celestial authority, have assumed. There was thus created the "Christian State."». — ISBN 9781615926947.
↑ 12Frucht, Richard C. Eastern Europe. — ABC-CLIO, 2004. — P. 627. — «In contrast, the emperor Justinian (527–565) refashioned the eastern part of the Roman Empire into a strong and dynamic Byzantine Empire, which claimed Dalmatia, among other provinces. The Byzantine Empire became the world's predominant Christian state, based on Roman law, Greek culture, and the Greek language.». — ISBN 9781576078006.
↑Архивировано {{{2}}}. (French): Art. 9, Principaute De Monaco: Ministère d'Etat (archived from the original on 27 September 2011).
↑Temperman, Jeroen. State-Religion Relationships and Human Rights Law. — Brill Academic Publishers, 2010. — P. 18. — «The Catholic State of Vatican City is, of course, the best contemporary example of a Christian state. The State of Vatican City, originally established by the Lateran Pacts of 1929, approximates most faithfully the ideal-typical conception of theocratic Roman Catholic state. The Pope is ex officio simultaneously leader of the Catholic Church as well as Head of State and Head of the Government of the State of the Vatican City; he also possesses (de jure) absolute authority over the legislative, executive and judicial branches. Practically all acts and policies of the Vatican City revolve around the interests of the Holy See and, apart from the members of the Pontifical Swiss Guard, virtually all inhabitants of the Vatican City are members of the clergy.». — ISBN 9789004181489.
↑Boer, Roland. Criticism of Earth: On Marx, Engels and Theology. — Brill Academic Publishers, 2012-06-08. — P. 168. — «Yet what is intriguing about this argument is that this modern secular state arises from, or is the simultaneous realisation and negation of, the Christian state.». — ISBN 9789004225589.
↑Marx, Karl.Karl Marx: Selected Writings / Karl Marx, David McLellan. — Oxford University Press, 2000. — P. 55. — «Indeed, it is not the so-called Christian state, that one that recognizes Christianity as its basis, as the state religion, and thus adopts an exclusive attitude to other religions, that is the perfected Christian state, but rather the atheist state, the ...». — ISBN 9780198782650.
↑Burns, J. Patout. War and Its Discontents: Pacifism and Quietism in the Abrahamic Traditions : [англ.]. — Georgetown University Press, 1996-04-01. — P. 92. — «The religious group is confronted by a pagan state, a Jewish state, a Christian state, an Islamic state, or a secular state.». — ISBN 9781589018778.
↑Binns, John. An Introduction to the Christian Orthodox Churches. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, p. 30. ISBN 0-521-66738-0.
↑Ismael, Jacqueline S. Government and Politics of the Contemporary Middle East / Jacqueline S. Ismael, Tareq Y. Ismael, Glenn Perry. — Taylor & Francis, 2015-10-05. — P. 48. — «Theodosius did so through the 380 CE 'Edict of Thessalonica,' which established Nicene Christianity as the state church of the Roman Empire, with the Bishop of Rome as Pope.». — ISBN 9781317662822.
↑ 12Spielvogel, Jackson. Western Civilization. — Cengage Learning, 2013-01-01. — P. 155. — «The Byzantine Empire was both a Greek and a Christian state. Increasingly, Latin fell into disuse as Greek became both the common and the official language of the empire. The Byzantine Empire was also built on a faith in Jesus that was shared by almost all of its citizens. An enormous amount of artistic talent was poured into the construction of churches, church ceremonies, and church decoration. Spiritual principles deeply permeated Byzantine art.». — ISBN 9781285500195.
↑Truxillo, Charles A.Periods of World History: A Latin American Perspective. — Jain Publishing Company, 2008-01-01. — P. 103. — «The Byzantine Empire, stripped of Syria, Egypt, and North Africa, became a compact Orthodox Christian state, upholding its claim to Roman universalism and constructing an Orthodox Christian commonwealth among the Slavs of the Balkans and Russia.». — ISBN 9780895818638.
↑Snyder, Louis L. Encyclopedia of Nationalism : [англ.]. — St. James Press, 1990. — P. 282. — «Major religions in the past, especially Christianity, have attempted to include all their adherents in a large union, but they have not been successful. Throughout most of the Middle Ages in Western Europe, attempts were made again and again to unite all the Christian world into a kind of Pan-Christianity, which would combine all Christians in a secular-religious state as a successor to the Roman Empire.». — ISBN 978-1-55862-101-5.
↑Snyder, Louis Leo.Macro-nationalisms: A History of the Pan-movements : [англ.]. — Greenwood Press, 1984. — P. 129. — «Throughout the better part of the Middle Ages, elaborate attempts were made to create what was, in effect, a Pan-Christianity, an effort to unite "all" the Western Christian world into a successor state of the Roman Empire.». — ISBN 978-0-313-23191-9.
↑Parole de l'Orient, Volume 30 : [англ.]. — Université Saint-Esprit, 2005. — P. 488.