Emperor Zara Yaqob Reforms Ethiopian Church
1436
The Solomonic emperor of Ethiopia centralized the Ethiopian Orthodox Church under royal authority, imposed rigorous doctrinal uniformity across the highlands, and persecuted followers of traditional religions with an inquisitorial zeal that rivaled anything in contemporary Europe. He composed theological treatises defending the veneration of the Virgin Mary and demanded that all subjects wear Christian amulets. Ethiopian Christianity acquired its distinctively orthodox and politically enmeshed character under his authoritarian piety.
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.
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