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Ivan's Church-State Article

Also known as your article on Church jurisdiction.

Ivan's Church-State Article is the published argument that prompts the debate in Father Zossima's cell. It answers an ecclesiastical book on Church jurisdiction and argues against treating the Church as one social institution among others in the State. The article surprises the monks because Ivan's position seems to move toward a future in which the State is drawn into the Church rather than the Church being confined by the State.

II-VI. Why Is Such A Man Alive?

Zossima says Ivan's article is not merely a public argument but a sign of an inward question that has not been settled in Ivan's own heart.

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Ivan's Church-State Article