1387, Orthodoxy to be Defended
Moscow, 1387
The black robed theologian droned on: "So clearly, the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father, not the Father and the Son". The Prince of Moscow faked interest, "chicken or the egg" theological arguments were not his specialty. The military map made the argument far more clear:
Lithuania, the last pagan nation in Europe, was about to be christianized by the wrong christians. Norway and Sweden had already accepted Catholicism. Catholics operated amongst the finnic tribes. Would Finno Ugarics further east also accept Catholicism? Filioque arguments aside, too much Catholicism would bring western dominance.
The litany of past offenses against Orthodoxy went on:
-Constantinople pillaged by westerners
- Eastern Christians in the Holy Land forced to pay protection money to crusaders, churches siezed and converted
-Hungary, a nation with eastern potential, poached by Catholics
The Prince strode to the map: "Our Holy and Orthodox crusade starts now". "The light of Orthodoxy will shine in Lithuania and with the Finnics". "May the Father and the Son send.... No!, the Father alone send the Spirit to guide us".
What happens next...
- Can the Russians ensure that Lithuania goes Orthodox?
- Can they bring Finland into the Orthodox fold?
- Will their attempts to do so lead to a continental religous war?
Moscow, 1387
The black robed theologian droned on: "So clearly, the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father, not the Father and the Son". The Prince of Moscow faked interest, "chicken or the egg" theological arguments were not his specialty. The military map made the argument far more clear:
Lithuania, the last pagan nation in Europe, was about to be christianized by the wrong christians. Norway and Sweden had already accepted Catholicism. Catholics operated amongst the finnic tribes. Would Finno Ugarics further east also accept Catholicism? Filioque arguments aside, too much Catholicism would bring western dominance.
The litany of past offenses against Orthodoxy went on:
-Constantinople pillaged by westerners
- Eastern Christians in the Holy Land forced to pay protection money to crusaders, churches siezed and converted
-Hungary, a nation with eastern potential, poached by Catholics
The Prince strode to the map: "Our Holy and Orthodox crusade starts now". "The light of Orthodoxy will shine in Lithuania and with the Finnics". "May the Father and the Son send.... No!, the Father alone send the Spirit to guide us".
What happens next...
- Can the Russians ensure that Lithuania goes Orthodox?
- Can they bring Finland into the Orthodox fold?
- Will their attempts to do so lead to a continental religous war?
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