Section 09: Legacy and Reception
The honor the Church paid Mark, and the long reckoning of the scholars over the council he defied. These files set out his veneration and glorification — the gradual growth of his cult, the formal synodal canonization of 1734, the title “Pillar of Orthodoxy” he shares with Photius and Palamas, his feast on 19 January, and the office composed by his brother John Eugenikos — and the both-sides historiography of Florence, from Joseph Gill SJ’s major and unsympathetic Catholic study through the Orthodox readings and the scholarly rehabilitations of Tsirpanlis, Constas, Kappes, and Davies.
Tradition: Pan-Orthodox / Byzantine
Contents
| File | Topic |
|---|---|
| Pillar of Orthodoxy | The growth of Mark’s cult and his glorification; the formal canonization of 1734; the title “Pillar of Orthodoxy”; the feast of 19 January; the iconography; the office by John Eugenikos; the pan-Orthodox veneration |
| Florence in History and Scholarship | The both-sides assessment: Joseph Gill SJ’s The Council of Florence as the major Catholic study and its critical reading of Mark; the Orthodox readings (Pogodin, Constas); the debate over the freedom of consent; the rehabilitations (Tsirpanlis, Kappes, Davies); the validity-and-reception question |
How to Use
- Read Pillar of Orthodoxy for the veneration and the glorification; read Florence in History and Scholarship for the historiographical debate, conducted with both sides sourced per the repository methodology §4.
Cross-References
- For the two other “Pillars of Orthodoxy,” see St. Photius the Great and St. Gregory Palamas.
References
- See the collection README for the principal sources; each content file carries its own full reference list.