East and West

The Making of a Rift in the Church: From Apostolic Times Until the Council of Florence
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-19-926457-5
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 646 g

Reihe: Oxford History of the Christian Church

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.

Zielgruppe

Scholars and students of church history, especially the early church and the medieval church, ancient and medieval history, and historical theology, clergy, ecumenists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chadwick, Henry

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Östliche & Orientalische Orthodoxe Kirchen
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Katholizismus, Römisch-Katholische Kirche
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Frühes Christentum, Patristik, Christliche Archäologie

Über Autor(innen)

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