Eastern Orthodox Christianity: the Essential Texts
An essential, one-of-a-kind reader, this book frames, explores, and interprets Eastern Orthodoxy through primary sources. It is the first comprehensive reader on the Eastern Orthodox Church for the English-speaking world and is accessible to readers with no prior knowledge of theology or religious h...
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| Zusammenfassung: | An essential, one-of-a-kind reader, this book frames, explores, and interprets Eastern Orthodoxy through primary sources. It is the first comprehensive reader on the Eastern Orthodox Church for the English-speaking world and is accessible to readers with no prior knowledge of theology or religious history. Lively introductions and short narratives touch on anthropology, art, law, literature, music, politics, women's studies, and a host of other areas. These texts are brought together to survey the fascinating history of the Eastern Orthodox Christian tradition--From back cover |
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List of Sources in Eastern Orthodox Christianity:
Supplemental Texts xiii
Preface xxi
Acknowledgments xxv
Map of the Concentration of Eastern Othodoxy, zoxo x:
part i Origins and Metamorphoses
Beginnings, Scripture, and Patristics 3
New Sect 7
Letter of Ignatius to the Smyrnians (ca. 107-110) 8
Governor Pliny to Emperor Trajan on “Christians”
(ca. m) 11
New Church—Constantine and Constantinople 15
Eusebius, Life of Constantine (late 330s) 2,6
Incarnational Theology and Arian Controversies 40
Theodoret’s (ca. 393-457) Account of the Arian
Controversy 42.
Arius Explains His Doctrine to Alexander of
Alexandria (320) 49
Athanasius on the Incarnation (ca. 318-335) 50
The Creed of Nicaea (32,5) 59
VI
Contents
Reaction 6z
Julian the Apostate (361-363) Mocks Christianity 62.
Trinitarian Debates 7Z
Gregory of Nyssa on the Trinity (ca. 390) 73
Priests and Bishops 81
John Chrysostom on the Role of Priests (ca. late 370s-
early 380s) 81
Early Monasticism 87
Sayings of the Desert Fathers (mid~50os) 91
The Life of Pachomius (n.d.) 98
St. Basil (ca. 330—379) to Gregory of Nazianzus on Monastic
Ideals (n.d.) 105
Communal vs. Solitary Life in the “Lausiac History”
(ca. 4x9) 108
Christianity and the Byzantine State 111
Justinian on Imperial Authority over the Church
(ca. 535) in
Maximus Confessor (ca. 580—662.) on Imperial Power and
the Church 114
Patriarch Photios on the Powers of the Patriarch
(ca. 880) 115
Basil I’s Epanagoge on the Rights of Emperor and Patriarch
(ca. 880) 1x6
Holy Fools 119
Life of the Holy Fool Father Simeon (ca. 64Z—649) xzo
Eastern Trends in Christian Theology 130
Dionysius the Areopagite (400s—500s) on Knowledge of
the Godhead 134
Maximus Confessor on the Incarnation and Unity with God
(early 640s) 140
Maximus Confessor on the Purpose of God’s Church
(ca. 6z8—630) 145
Marriage and Women in the Early Church 147
Tertullian to His Wife (ca. zoo—zo6) 149
John Chrysostom on Women 152
Holy Women 156
Life of St. Maria/Marinos (500s or 600s) 157
Life of St. Maria of Egypt (ca. 600s) 161
Contents
Vll
part ii Growth and Schisms
Holy Objects 171
Tale of the Holy Places, of the City of Constantine
(ca. 1389-1391) 172
Miracle of the True Cross (ca. 545) 174
Relics in Constantinople (ca. 1105 or 1106) 176
St. Sophia as a Miraculous Church (early 1200s) 177
Missions to the North: Balkans and Rus5 178
Kliment Okhridski (ca. 840-916) on Kirill, Missionary to
the Slavs 187
The Glagolitic Alphabet 190
Iconoclastic Controversy 192
John of Damascus (ca. 676-749) Defends Icons 194
The Iconoclastic Views of Leo V (813-820) 204
Hesychasm 206
Gregory Palamas (1296-1359) on Hesychasm, Prayer,
and Deification 209
Great Schism 218
Claims of the Roman See 222
St. Jerome to Pope Damasus on the Chair of
St. Peter (375) 224
Council of Rome on the Bishop of Rome’s Role in Legal
Disputes (378) 225
Gregory Nazianzus on the Bishop of Rome (382) 226
Council of Rome on the Primacy of Rome (382) 226
Pope Innocent on the Prerogatives of the Roman
Church (416) 227
Theodore the Studite (759-826) on the Pentarchy and
Roman Authority 228
Archbishop Niketas on Roman Primacy (1136) 230
Thomas Aquinas on Papal Power (125 8—1264) 231
Pope Boniface VIII on the Spiritual Authority of the
Papacy (1302) 232
Filioque 234
Patriarch Photios Condemns Rome over the
Filioque (867) 235
Charlemagne and the Pope Assert Themselves 236
Charlemagne to Pope Leo III on Relations with the
Papacy (796) 240
viii Contents
Account of Charlemagne Being Crowned Emperor
(late 900s) 241
Einhard on Charlemagne, Constantinople, and Rome
(ca. 8x7—836) Z4Z
Anathemas of 1054 2.42.
Cardinal Humbert’s Anathema against Patriarch Michael I
(1054) 2.44
Edict of Michael I and the Synod of Constantinople
(1054) 2.46
Fourth Crusade 2,48
Anna Komnenos on the Franks (ca. 1148) 2.49
Crusader’s Criticism of the Greeks (ca. 1148) 2.50
Niketas Choniates (ca. 1155—1215) on the Sack of
Constantinople 2.51
Council of Ferrara-Florence 2,55
Patriarch of Constantinople Objects to Kissing the
Pope’s Foot (1438) 2.57
Resolutions of the Council of Ferrara-Florence (1439) 2.58
Greek Participant at Florence Describes Disputes (1438
or 1439) 2,60
Muscovite Reaction to Ferrara-Florence (1437—1441) 261
Fall of Constantinople 2,63
Account of the Ottoman Siege of Constantinople
(early 1600s) Z63
Rise of Islam and Turkish Expansion z66
Muslims Appear in Palestine (ca. late 700s to early 800s) 271
Apocalyptic Prediction of the Rise of Islam (ca. 640) 272
Fictional Disputation between a Monk and an Arab
(early 700s) 2.73
Pact between Christians and Their Muslim Occupiers
(800s) 2.75
Rise of the Moscow Patriarchate 2.77
Filofei Argues That Moscow Is the Third Rome (ca. 1510) 2.79
Muscovite Response to the Fall of Constantinople
(ca. 1533—1541) 2,80
Account of Establishing the Moscow Patriarchate
(1589) 281
Patriarch Jeremiah on the Glory of the Moscow
Patriarchate (1653) 282
Contents
IX
part hi Modernity and Upheavals
Byzantine Rite Catholics 287
Konstantin Ostrozhsky on the Union of Brest (1595) 2,91
Metropolitan Ragoza’s Edict on Brest (1596) 2.91
Edict of the Orthodox Dignitaries at Brest (1596) 2,94
Letter from a Participant at Brest (1596) 294
Edict of Mikhail Ragoza (1596) 295
Peter the Great’s Reorientation of Russian Orthodoxy 297
Patriarch Ioakim on Prerogatives of the Church (1690) 297
Manifesto Creating the Ecclesiastical College or Holy
Synod (1721) 299
Oath of the Holy Synod (1721) 301
Ecclesiastical Regulation (1721) 302
Engaging the West through Creeds 306
Confession of Patriarch Dositheos and the Synod of Jerusalem
(1672) 312
Popular Piety and Popular Practices 322
Parish Issues a Certificate of Election for a New
Priest (1684) 324
Agreement between Church Elders and a Priest (1686) 325
Village Priests’ Reports on Religious Practices of the
Peasantry (1853) 325
Reports on Peasant Action against Witches (1879) 33°
A Critique of the Rural Clergy (1858) 333
Ivan Pryzhov Ridicules Holy Fools (1865) 337
Anthropological Account of Religious Practices among the
Peasantry (1906) 340
Orthodoxy under Ottoman Rule 347
Treaty of Kiiguk Kaynarca (1774) 354
Complaints about Corruption and Oppression in the
Church (1796) 356
Patriarch Anthimos of Jerusalem Demands Allegiance to the
Ottomans (1798) 357
English Chaplain Recounts the Conversion of a
Muslim (1819) 359
The Greek Revolution and Orthodox Nationalism 362
The Greek Government to the Christian Powers of
Europe (1822) 363
X
Contents
New Thinking and Church Reform 3 68
Leo Tolstoy, Critique of Dogmatic Theology (1891) 368
The Russian Holy Synod Condemns Tolstoy (1901) 372,
Sergei Bulgakov on the Russian Intelligentsia (1909) 374
part iv Revolutions and Reevaluations
Russian Revolution 385
Holy Sobor’s Encyclical to the Russian People (13 November
1917) 387
Draft Bill of Rights for the Russian Church (15 November
1917) 389
Bolshevik Decree on Church, State, and Schools (2.3 January
19x8) 391
Soviet Propaganda 393
Texts 393
Soviet Line on Religion under Khrushchev (1959) 393
Substitution Ceremonies 396
Red Baptism (192,3) 397
Red Wedding (n.d.) 397
A Komsomol Christmas Carol (ca. 1922-192.3) 398
Passport Ceremony (n.d.) 398
Oath on Induction into the Worker-Peasant Red
Army (1918) 399
Church under Stalin 400
Patriarch Aleksei Celebrates Stalin’s Seventieth Birthday
(2.1 December 1949) 401
Orthodoxy and Ecumenism 402
Sergei Bulgakov Defines the Church (192.7) 404
Nicolas Zernov on Barriers to Reunion with Western
Churches (192,8) 407
Archbishop Serafim Condemns the Ecumenical
Movement (1948) 410
Women’s Ordination 413
Gennadios Limouris against Ordaining Women (1988) 413
Constantinos Yakarinis in Favor of Ordaining
Women (1999) 417
Orthodox Nationalism and Fundamentalism 422
Moscow Bishops on the Church, the Nation, and
Globalization (2000) 4Z6
Contents
xi
Spiritual and Social Problems of Globalism (2001) 42.7
Zhanna Bichevskaya, “We Are Russians” (2,006) 42,8
Recommended Reading 431
Illustration Credits 445
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| title_short | Eastern Orthodox Christianity |
| title_sort | eastern orthodox christianity the essential texts |
| title_sub | the Essential Texts |
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| topic_facet | Orthodox Eastern Church / History / Sources Orthodox Eastern Church Geschichte Orthodoxe Kirche Quelle |
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