The spirit of Eastern Christendom (600-1700)
By: Jaroslav Pelikan.
Series: His The Christian tradition ;; 2
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1974
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
Subjects: Orthodox Eastern Church -- Doctrines -- History.; Theology, Doctrinal -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.; Theology, Doctrinal -- History -- 16th century.; Theology, Doctrinal -- History -- 17th century.
Description: The line that separated Eastern Christendom from Western on the medieval map is similar to the "iron curtain" of recent times. Linguistic barriers, political divisions, and liturgical differences combined to isolate the two cultures from each other. Except for such episodes as the schism between East and West or the Crusades, the development of non-Western Christendom has been largely ignored by church historians. In The Spirit of Eastern Christendom, Jaroslav Pelikan explains the divisions between Eastern and Western Christendom, and identifies and describes the development of the distinctive forms taken by Christian doctrine in its Greek, Syriac, and early Slavic expression.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 299-315.
Includes indexes.