The council condemned the famousStoglav of 1551 asheretical, because it had dogmatized the Russian church's rituals and usage at the expense of those accepted in Greece and other Eastern Orthodox countries.[2] This decision precipitated a great schism of theRussian Orthodox Church known as theRaskol.Avvakum and other leadingOld Believers were brought to the synod from their prisons. Since they refused to revise their views, the Old Believer priests were defrocked,anathemized and sentenced to life imprisonment in distant monasteries.[1]
One of the decisions in the synod was a specific ban on a number of depictions ofGod the Father and theHoly Spirit, which then also resulted in a whole range of other icons being placed on the forbidden list.[3]
^abMeyendorff, Paul (1991).Russia, Ritual, and Reform: The Liturgical Reforms of Nikon in the 17th Century. Crestwood, New York: St Vladimir's Seminary Press. pp. 66–68.ISBN0-88141-090-X.
^Angold, Michael, ed. (2006).Cambridge History of Christianity. Vol. 5: Eastern Christianity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 320.
^Tarasov, Oleg (2002).Icon and Devotion: Sacred Spaces in Imperial Russia. Translated by Milner-Gulland, Robin. London: Reaktion Books. p. 185.ISBN1-86189-118-0.
