˜Theœ Church and Social Reform The Policies of the Patriarch Athanasios of Constantinople

__The Church and Social Reform__ studies the nature and extent of Athanasios’ social reforms and political involvement during his two tenures on the patriarchal throne of Constantiople. The traditional influence, power, and authority that resided in the patriarchate of Constantinople made the involvement of an aggressive patriarch in the social affairs of the empire virtually inevitable.