Greek East and Latin West: The Church, AD 681-1071"This volume gives an account of the Church in the period from the end of the Sixth Ecumenical Synod in 681 to the Battle of Manzikert in 1071. Although "Greek East" and "Latin West" are becoming distinct entities during this expanse of time, the author treats them in parallel, observing the points at which their destinies coincide or conflict. The author notes developments within the whole of the Church rather than striving simply, or even primarily, to explain the eventual schism between Eastern and Western Christendom. Coveriing events both unique to each part (the Iconoclastic controversy in the East and the rise of the Carolingian Empire in the West) and common to each part (monastic reform, renaissance, and mission) the author skillfully portrays two Christian civilizations that share much in common yet become increasingly incomprehensible to one another. Despite curious synchronisms between East and West, the author demonstrates how two paths diverged from a once common route, and how eventually Byzantine Orthodoxy defined the Greek East over and against the Latin West in theological, religious, cultural, and political terms." -- Provided by publisher. |
Contents
The Church at the End of the Seventh Century 13 | 4 |
First Phase and Aftermath | 41 |
The Church in the West | 67 |
Introduction | 95 |
Monastic Reform in East and West ΙΟΙ | 101 |
Second Phase and the Triumph of Orthodoxy | 119 |
East and West | 139 |
Pope Patriarch and Christian Mission | 167 |
Monastic Renewal | 217 |
Christian Mission | 241 |
Approaching the End of the First Christian Millennium | 263 |
Introduction | 271 |
Reform and the Papacy | 291 |
Spiritual and Intellectual Life in Byzantium | 319 |
Turks Normans and the Collapse of the Byzantine Empire | 345 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 353 |
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