THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE ARMENIAN GREGORIAN CHURCH (5TH–8TH CENTURIES): AN ANALYSIS FROM THE PERSPECTIVES OF STATE, NATION, AND CULTURAL FORMATION
Following the decisions made at the Council of Chalcedon (451), the Armenian Apostolic Church broke away from the mainstream Christian tradition and established an independent religious structure. Before the process of Christianization, the Armenians were a community adhering to pagan beliefs. This situation led to the...