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The greatest Christian split of all has been that between east and west, between Roman Catholic and eastern Orthodox, a rift that is still apparent today. Henry Chadwick provides a compelling and balanced account of the emergence of divisions between Rome and Constantinople. Drawing on his encyclopaedic command of the literature, he starts with the roots of the divergence in apostolic times and takes the story right up to the Council of Florence in the fifteenth century. Henry Chadwick's own years of experience as an ecumenist inform his discussion of Christians in relation to each other, to Jews, and to non-Christian Gentiles. He displays a distinctive concern for the factors - theological, personal, political, and cultural - that caused division in the church and prevented reconciliation. His masterly exposition of the complex issues discussed at the Ecumenical Councils (issues that eventually led to the separation) is characteristically clear and fair. This is a work of immense learning, written with sensitivity and spirit. Its fascinating detail and full analysis make it invaluable to anyone interested in how this lasting rift in the Church developed.

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Author:   Henry Chadwick (Emeritus Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.489kg
ISBN:  

9780199280162

ISBN 10:   0199280169
Pages:   318
Publication Date:   12 May 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Introduction 2: Early Christian Diversity: The Quest for Coherence 3: The Roots of Diversity: Differences in Theology 4: Differences in Theology 5: Emperor Theodosius: Council of Constantinople (381) 6: Augustine: Filioque 7: Constantinople's Growing Power: Socrates the Historian 8: The Unity of Christ: Devotion to Mary 9: Zeno's Henotikon, Rome's Fury, and the Acacian Schism: Dionysus Exiguus 10: Three Chapters: The Fifth Council (553) 11: One Energy, One Will 12: The Sixth (680-1), Council in Trullo (692) 13: Icons 14: The Papacy and the Franks 15: Aachen as Third Rome: Caroline Books; Filioque; Eriugena 16: Pope Nicolas I 17: Hincmar of Reims 18: Jurisdiction: Illyricum, Bulgars. Paulicans 19: Pope Nicolas' Advice to the Bulgar Khan. Rome's Saturday Fast 20: Problems at Constantinople: Patriarch Ignatius 21: Photius 22: Pope Nicolas I Supports Ignatius 23: Ignatius' Retrial: Nicolas Excommunicates Photius 24: Deterioration in Relations 25: The Case Against the Latins: Photius Mystagogia 26: Photius' Break with Nicolas: Nicolas Invokes Hincmar's Help: Basil the Macedonian: Photius Desposed 27: Basil I: Ignatius Restored. The Synod of 869: Pope Hadrian II 28: Photius Restored. Pope John VIII. The Council of 879 29: The Emperor Leo VI the Wise: Photius Deposed 30: Greek Critics of Photius: Photius Honours Ignatius' Memory 31: Liudprand of Cremona in Constantinople 32: The Normans in the South: Cardinal Humbert: Council of Rome (1059): Unleavened Bread 33: Pope Leo IX's Legation to Constantinople (1054); Humbert and Cerularius 34: Peter Damian: Gregory VII; Theophylact of Ochrid 35: Pope Urban II: Anselm of Canterbury at Bari 36: Anselm of Havelberg 37: Crusades: Fall of Constantinople (1204-5): Innocent III: Balsamon 38: East-West Debates at Nicaea and Nymphaion 39: Purgatory 40: Michael Palaeologus' Renewed Quest for Unity: Pope Gregory X: Council of Lyon: Bekkos 41: Councils of Basel and Ferrara / Florence: Pope Eugenius IV Epilogue

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The book is a tour de fource to which we will keep turning as an essential reference work.

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Henry Chadwick is Emeritus Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge.

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