The Eastern Churches An Historical Overview
- Bangalore Dharmaram Publications 2019
- 246p
- Dharmaram Church History Series; 201900ENGGPS6 .
includes index and biblioraphy
1. Religions and Polytheism ...............3 Religion in its origin............3 The indo-Europeans ................7 The Mediterranean Area.............10 Bibliographical References..............13 2. From Polytheism to Christianity ..................15 The Jewish monotheism ..............15 From Judaism to Christianity ............18 Christianity in the Eastern Roman Empire.............21 Bibliographical Reference ................24 3. Eastern Churches.....................25 The Characteristics of the Eastern Churches ............25 The development of early Christianity ..............27 The Patriarchates ............28 Christianity in India ..................31 The province of Arabia ...............34 4. Imperial Church and Heresy ...........39 The political Influence on the churches ....................39 Heretical Theological Expressions.....................43 Justinian`s Ecclesiastical Policy .......................47 Orthodox Churches.............51 5. Liturgies and Rites in the Empire..............55 Languages in the Empire ..........55 Different liturgical Traditions ...................57 Culture in Alexandria and Antioch ...................60 6. From Muhammad to Charlemagne .........63 The arab Expansion .............63 Consequences for the Eastern Churches ...............63 Centrality of the Byzantine church ...............65 The Expansion of the Eastern-Syrian /Nestorian Church .............72 Christianity in India .........76 Christian missions from Persia to China .........80 7. Charlemagne and the Western christianity ..................89 From Iconoclasm to Emperor Charlemagne .........89 The Transition to Jerusalem ...............96 A Latin Church in Jerusalem ............106 8. The Fourth Crusade ...........113 History and Religion ..........113 The mission of the Mendicant orders ...............118 Missions in Asia and latin churches ..........119 9. The fall of Constantinople .......127 The council of Ferrara-Florence ................127 The fall of Constantinople and the Ottoman Fortunes ................130 The patriarchate of Constantinople under the ottoman Regime .....................135 The Ottoman Expansion in the Balkans ............141 The Churches of Kiev and Moscow ....................144 The Christians of Saint Thomas in India ............151 10. Orthodox Churches and Eastern catholic Churces ................159 political events ...........159 The situations of the Patriarchate of Constantinople ............161 The Churches of Kiev and Moscow ..........166 The other patriarchates ...................169 The Churches in Asia ................178 11. The End of the Ottoman Empire ...........185 The patriarchate of Constantinople ............186 The Russian Churches .................190 The Other Patriarchates ...........193 The Churches in Missionary Territories ..............197 12. The Twentieth Century ................201 The patriarchate of Constantinople ..........203 The Russian Churches .............210 Other Patriarcates ............217 In missionary Territories ..............222 The churches in India ...............226