The author writes: "This book is not a scholarly investigation into the history of the Orthodox Church ...It is a reflection..., an attempt to discern in our past that which is essential and permanent and that which is secondary, mere past."
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The author writes: "This book is not a scholarly investigation into the history of the Orthodox Church ...It is a reflection..., an attempt to discern in our past that which is essential and permanent and that which is secondary, mere past."
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Like New. Like new paperback! Appears unread. Binding is tight and square. Text is clean, unmarked. (Shelf location: C) All items carefully packed to avoid damage from moisture and rough handling. Tracking included.
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New. An interpretive history of the Orthodox Church which focuses on the watershed events from apostolic times up to the Bolshevik Revolution. Written for a general audience, yet infused with Schmemann's characteristic erudition and candor, this book is especially valuable for its treatment of the papal issue and of the strengths and weaknesses of Byzantine Orthodoxy. Certainly, more detailed, scholarly histories of the Church abound, but one would be hard-pressed to find a work which so skillfully conveys the underlying motives and weighty consequences of the choices the Church has made during its historical pilgrimage.
