The Historic Church: An Orthodox View of Christian History

The Historic Church: An Orthodox View of Christian History

The Historic Church is a survey of Christian history written for Orthodox Christians by an Eastern Orthodox scholar. Although one can find many excellent studies of Christian history in the United States, none of them considers the development of Christianity from an Eastern Orthodox point of view. The work begins by laying a foundation for the study of Christian history by discussing the beliefs and practices of the ancient Church, during the age of the Fathers and the Seven Ecumenical Councils. The author then discusses the development of Roman Catholicism and the theological and cultural reasons for the split between Rome and Orthodoxy, and relations between East and West following the schism. He concludes his work with a discussion the origins and historical development of every major Protestant group and tells how they differ from Orthodoxy. The Historic Church An Orthodox View of Christian History By John W. Morris AuthorHouse Copyright © 2011 Archpriest John W. Morris All right reserved. ISBN: 978-1-4567-3492-3 Contents Acknowledgments.................................................................................................vii1: Some Personal Reflections on the Study of Church History.....................................................32: The Worship and Organization of the Apostolic Church.........................................................163: The Doctrine of the Apostolic Church.........................................................................354: Arianism and the First and Second Ecumenical Councils........................................................495: Nestorianism and the Third Ecumenical Council................................................................676: Monophysitism and the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Ecumenical Councils............................................808: The Rise of the Papacy.......................................................................................1119: Augustine and the Development of Western Theology............................................................12710: St. Photius and the First Western Schism....................................................................14711: The Great Schism between East and West......................................................................15512: Medieval Theology in East and West..........................................................................16313: Sacraments in East and West.................................................................................17814: The Councils of Lyons and Florence Fail to Reunite East and West............................................19315: Modern Roman Catholicism and Orthodoxy......................................................................20416: Luther and the Beginning of Protestantism...................................................................22717: The Formation of Lutheran Doctrine..........................................................................24818: Calvinism and the Reformed Churches.........................................................................27519: The Anabaptists.............................................................................................30120: The English Reformation and the Birth of Anglicanism........................................................30921: Pietism and Arminianism Redefine Protestantism..............................................................32422: The Enlightenment and Protestant Theology...................................................................33623: Liberation Theology.........................................................................................35824: The Reaction Against Liberal Theology: Neo-Orthodoxy, Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism.....................38525: Anglicanism after the Reformation...........................................................................40926: Groups that Grew Out of English Puritanism: Congregationalism; Quakers and Baptists.........................43727: John Wesley, the Father of Methodism, and The Holiness Movement.............................................45528: Pentecostalism..............................................................................................46529: Contemporary American Protestantism.........................................................................48230: Orthodoxy Since 1453........................................................................................49831: Orthodoxy in America........................................................................................52632: Some Concluding Thoughts....................................................................................553Select Bibliography.............................................................................................559(Endnotes)......................................................................................................577 Chapter One Some Pers