The Spirit of Eastern Christendom (600–1700)

by Jaroslav Pelikan

Publisher:

University of Chicago Press

, 1977

Overview

The line that separated Eastern Christendom from Western on the medieval map is similar to the “iron curtain” of recent times. Linguistic barriers, political divisions, and liturgical differences combined to isolate the two cultures from each other. Except for such episodes as the schism between East and West or the Crusades, the development of non-Western Christendom has been largely ignored by church historians. In The Spirit of Eastern Christendom, Jaroslav Pelikan explains the divisions between Eastern and Western Christendom, and identifies and describes the development of the distinctive forms taken by Christian doctrine in its Greek, Syriac, and early Slavic expression.

Product Details

• Title: The Spirit of Eastern Christendom (600–1700)
• Author: Jaroslav Pelikan
• Series: The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine
• Volume: 2
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Print Publication Date: 1977
• Logos Release Date: 2022
• Pages: 329
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Theology, Doctrinal › History
• ISBNs: 9780226653730, 0226653730
• Resource ID: LLS:CHRSTNTRDCTRN02
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:21:12Z

About Jaroslav Pelikan

Jaroslav Pelikan (1923–2006) (PhD, University of Chicago) was a historian of Christianity, theology, and medieval intellectualism. He received his PhD from the University of Chicago. Throughout his life he held numerous intellectual leadership positions. He was dean of Yale Graduate School from 1973 to 1978, president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, editor of the religious section of Encyclopedia Britannica, a member of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities, and founder of the Council of Scholars at the Library of Congress. He was Sterling Professor Emeritus of History at Yale University, where he served on the faculty from 1962 to 1996. Pelikan wrote over 30 books, including Mary Through the Centuries, Jesus Through the Centuries, Whose Bible Is It?, and The Vindication of Tradition.