East and West: The Making of a Rift in the Church: From Apostolic Times until the Council of Florence

by Henry Chadwick

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

, 2003

Overview

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. In East and West, Henry Chadwick provides a compelling and balanced account of the emergence of divisions between Rome and Constantinople. Drawing on his encyclopedic command of the literature, he starts with the roots of the divergence in apostolic times and takes the story to the fifteenth-century Council of Florence.

Henry Chadwick’s years of experience as an ecumenicist 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. His masterly exposition of the complex issues discussed at the Ecumenical Councils 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.

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Key Features

• Provides an account of the emergence of divisions between Rome and Constantinople
• Explores the roots of the divergence in apostolic times
• Unpacks the various factors that caused the division of the church

Endorsements

This kaleidoscope of evidence is presented with deftness and judgment, a minimum of comment and summary, and a truly magisterial command of a huge subject.

—The Journal of Ecclesiastical History

Product Details

• Title: East and West: The Making of a Rift in the Church: From Apostolic Times until the Council of Florence
• Author: Henry Chadwick
• Series: Oxford History of the Christian Church
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Print Publication Date: 2003
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Pages: 250
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Schism › Eastern and Western Church--History; Church history › Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
• ISBNs: 0199264570, 9780199264575
• Resource ID: LLS:STWSTMKNGRFTCHR
• Resource Type: text.monograph.church-history
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:58:50Z

About Henry Chadwick

Henry Chadwick (June 23, 1920 – June 17, 2008) was a British Anglicanearly church historian and theologian. He was a former Dean of Christ Church, Oxford (1969-1979) and served as Regius Professor at both Oxford and Cambridge. Chadwick had a DD from Cambridge and had honorary doctorates from Uppsala, Harvard, Yale and Chicago universities.

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