Imperial Cult
Romanistic background
| Imperial Cult | |
|---|---|
| Cultus Imperatoria | |
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| Classification | Syncreticism |
| Orientation | Romanism |
| Scripture | Reformed Testament Life of Emperors |
| Theology | Imperialism |
| Polity | Hierarchical Church |
| Social support | Saint Basileus Brotherhood |
| Region | Eurasia (later Worldwide) |
| Language | Latin (primary) Greek (secondary) |
| Headquarters | Constantinople, Temple of God-Emperor, Roman Empire |
| Founder | God-Emperor Romanos |
| Origin | 1308-1310 Constantinople, Roman Empire |
| Separated from | Orthodox Christianity |
| Merger of | Orthodox Christianity, Sol Invictus, Imperial Cult of Western Roman Empire |
| Absorbed | Reformed Orthodoxy, Paganism remnants, Romanistic Judaism, Romanistic Shia |
| Separations | Agnostic Imperialism |
| Congregations | 145 |
| Number of followers | 90% of world population (1800) |
| Ministers | 853,112 |
| Temples | 450 |
| Hospitals | 2,985 |
| Nursing homes | 10,577 |
| Aid organization | Saint Basileus Brotherhood |
| Primary schools | 27,621 |
| Secondary schools | 11,220 |
| Tax status | Tax free |
| Other name(s) | God-Emperor Cult, False Orthodoxy, "Satanic Heresy" (by old Orthodox Christians and anti-Roman Shia islam factions) |
With rise and triumphs of Romanos the Great, Emperor of Roman Empire from 1250 to 1312, Eastern Roman Empire, or restored Roman Empire was strenghtened by common and unificating ideology. This ideology was Romanism. Proud, meritocratic and on loyality based ideology with Simplified Latin as new language. However, Emperor wanted to reach universal and absolute level of loyality and understood that strongest loyality is not for Emperor but for God and what is better, for God-Emperor.
Caesaropapism, knew for many centuries in Eastern Roman Empire, was promoted to unparalleled degree.