Взаимоотношение православия и католичества в контексте этнокультурной самоидентичности Европы: историко-политический аспект

Abstract

This article examines the reasons that predetermined the ethno-cultural self-identity of Europe. The main factor of the different trends in the development of the peoples inhabiting Europe became Christianity split into Catholic and Orthodox parts. This event occurred in 1054 and laid the foundation for the future division of the world into two halves. The first was called the Western Roman Empire, and the second Eastern Roman Empire. On the basis of the western part states in Western Europe arose, which began to profess Catholicism, and on the basis of the eastern Byzantine Empire arose initially, which spred Orthodoxy in the future on the territory of ancient Russia.