The Eastern Orthodox Church : a new history /

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An insider's account of the Eastern Orthodox Church, from its beginning in the era of Jesus and the Apostles to the modern age In this short, accessible account of the Eastern Orthodox Church, John McGuckin begins by tackling the question "What is the Church?" His answer is a clear, h...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McGuckin, John Anthony (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Orthodox Eastern Church > History.
Orthodox Eastern Church > Doctrines.
Église orthodoxe > Histoire.
Orthodox Eastern Church.
RELIGION > Christianity > Orthodox.
Theology, Doctrinal.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prelude. The naming of parts
  • Ecclesial foundations: proto- and post-apostolic times
  • Shaping Orthodoxy, mapping heresy
  • The classical Patristic Period
  • The Byzantine imperial church
  • The dhurch's wxpansion
  • Orthodox life under and after Islamic dominion
  • Orthodoxy under the communists
  • The twentieth-dentury Orthodox diaspora
  • Recent outstanding Orthodox figures
  • Day-to-day life in an Orthodox Church
  • Postlude. What role for Orthodoxy in a postmodern environment?
  • Appendix: A brief dommentary on the Nicene Creed (a.d. 325).

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