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Eastern Orthodoxy and Communism 2017-06-28 02:06:38 Post No. 3009493
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Did Eastern Orthodoxy or eastern orthodox culture influence communism indirectly in the same manner Protestantism influenced the development of capitalism?
I acknowledge that Orthodox Christianity was brutally persecuted by communist states, but that is not the main point of the question. The question is whether or not Orthodox Christian ideals such as Caesaropapism etc leaked into communism akin to how the idea of "a work ethic indicates being part of the elect" leaked into capitalism.
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It could hardly influence communism as communism was a western thing a hundred years before it ever showed up in an orthodox country. In fact it would make more sense if protestantism and catholicism influenced it but it makes even more sense if neither of these did since communism was strongly anti-religious in every day of its existence.
It is possible that past customs and cultural aspects have stayed in communist countries as communism was implemented but otherwise i can't see how orthodoxy is related to communism.
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Read Lenin´s texts. He genuinely hated Orthodoxy. The Bolsheviks hated religion. Yes, including Judaism.
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>Caesaropapism
That's not an Orthodox concept/doctrine, though. It's a form of heresy, really, like phyletism, and it wasn't a univeral problem among the Orthodox states throughout history.
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