Author:  PASCAL , PIERRE  

#:  2851  

  

Author:  NICHOLAS ZERNOV  

#:  562  

A highly readable introduction to Russian Church history from its early beginnings among the pagan Slavs through the period following the Bolshevik revolution. Includes chapters dealing with the post-revolutionary church.  

Author:  FR. ALEXANDER SCHMEMANN  

#:  354  

A survey and interpretation of Church history from an Orthodox perspective.  

Author:  FR. JOHN MEYENDORFF  

#:  2692  

The author covers topics such as authority and social responsibility and "... shows that Orthodoxy is not a museum piece, but a reality in existential dialogue with contemporary society". Michael A. Fahey S.J.  

Author:  JAMES W. CUNNINGHAM  

#:  2855  

An eloquent exposition of the vitality of the pre-Revolutionary Russian Church in refutation of common misconceptions nurtured by Bolshevism.  

Author:  FR. JOHN MEYENDORFF  

#:  1876  

This revised edition of the classic work chronicles the history of the Orthodox Church to the present day and contains new material on the post-Communist Church in Russia.  

Author:  FR. JOHN MEYENDORFF  

#:  2686  

The writer explores Byzantine political ideology, the encounter with Islam and the Latin West and those distinctive features of Byzantine faith and life which constitute a legacy for all.  

Author:  EDITED BY CHRISTINE CHAILLOT  

#:  8331  

Organised by country and/or region this modest but comprehensive work provides a valuable overview of the history and present situation of the Orthodox Church in Western Europe. It will both inform the reader and raise questions about developments where more detailed information could be sought. Contributors include Bishop Kallistos (British Isles), Prof. Joost Van Rossum ( The Netherlands) and Dn. Bengt Hagstrom (Sweden).  

Author:  WOODHOUSE , C.M.  

#:  4380  

Rhigas of Velestino (1757-1798), popularly known as Rhigas Pheraios, is one of the greatest national heroes of modern Greece. He first conceived the possibility of a national revolution to free his country from the domination of its Ottoman overlords; his aim, however, was not simply an armed rebellion but a regeneration of his people, through education, literature and social and political awareness. This book is the first comprehensive study of Rhigas' s life and ideas in English.  

Author:  BISHOP EUSEBIUS  

#:  352  

The first three centuries by a fourth century bishop.  

Author:  ED. JUDITH MCCLURE ROGER COLLINS  

#:  357  

AD 731 Bede a monk and scholar. This is his classic history of British Christianity starting from the invasion of Julius Caesar. This edition also included a translation of his "Greater Chronicle" in which he examines the Roman Empire and the Europe of his time. In his "Letter to Egbert" he gives his final reflections on the English Church just before his death.  

Author:  SELECTED AND EDITED BY HENRY BETTENSON  

#:  3431  

  

Author:  EDITED BY CYRIL MANGO  

#:  8042  

  

Author:  TRANSLATED AND COMMENTARY BT AVERIL CAMERON AND STUART G HALL  

#:  4446  

Eusebius' Life of Constantine is the most important single record of the emperor who turned the Roman Empire away from persecuting the Church to supporting it. This edition presents the results of the most recently scholarly debate and research into the significance of the writing by the fourth century Bishop of Caesarea.  

Author:  J.M. HUSSEY  

#:  466  

The standard text for students of the Byzantine Empire. It shows how Church and State related to each other in all aspects of life.  

Author:  HENRY CHADWICK  

#:  5484  

It gives a full & enjoyable narrative history of the first 6 centuries of the Church in chronological order. The Church is also described from Jewish and pagan viewpoints. He discusses important people eg Tertullian, Clement of Alexandria, Origen, Constantine, Julian the Apostate, Basil, Ambrose & Augustine. He examines various theological & ecclesial texts in relation to the ordinary people. The author is Emeritus Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University.  

Author:  EDITED BY RITA C. SEVERIS  

#:  8362  

Lorenzo Warriner was an American Protestant sent as a missionary to Cyprus in 1834. He dies five years later in 1839. During this period of almost five years he traveled extensively throughout modern day Cyprus,Greece, Lebanon, Syria,Jordan and Israel/Palestine. Whilst seen through the lens of his own particular cultural and spiritual heritage his journals provide a unique glimpse of the religious and cultural life of the areas visited where Orthodox Christianity was an important element.  

Author:  EDITED BY ANDREW LOUTH AND AUGUSTINE CASIDAY  

#:  8361  

A collection of papers from the Symposium of Byzantine Studies held at the University of Durham in 2002. They discuss how Orthodoxy was defined, its expression in art and music and how it shaped the development of the Byzantine Empire's sense of identity. Contributors include Andrew Louth, Alexander Lingas, Archimandrite Ephrem (Lash) and Tia Kolbaba.  

Author:  TRANS. & ANNOTATED BY ROBERT T. MEYER  

#:  5685  

  

Author:  LUCIEN DEISS C.S.SP  

#:  498  

A concise history of liturgical texts of the first four centuries with extensive quotations from documents like the Didache,St. Clement, the Strasbourg Papyrus and many others.