The Byzantine Legacy in the Orthodox Church

Year 1982
Type Book
Genre church history
Tradition Eastern Orthodox
Original language English

For For readers who want to know how Byzantium shaped Orthodoxy as it is now; scholarly essays, not a narrative history.

Should I read this?

For the general reader: 2 of 5 worth a look
For the researcher: 4 of 5 important
Difficulty: 3 of 5 demanding

Essays on what the Orthodox Church inherited from Byzantium: political ideas, the meeting with Islam and the West, theology and spirituality.

How it proceeds

Philosophic 3 of 5
Scriptural 1 of 5
Experiential 2 of 5
Sociological 4 of 5
Historical 5 of 5

Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.

A collection of essays published by St Vladimir's Seminary Press in 1982 (268 pages, with a bibliography and index). The essays trace the lasting influence of the culture, thought and institutions of the Byzantine Empire on the Orthodox Church: political ideology, the encounters with Islam and with the West, theology, spirituality, ecclesiology and contemporary ecumenism. It belongs with Byzantine Theology and Byzantium and the Rise of Russia among his studies of Byzantium.

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Catalog IDW.FCPB9X.J

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