The Eastern Church

[Warren]

I want to study the Eastern Church: from Syria to Africa, to Russia, India, and Greece. Where can I begin? Apparently, there have been schisms in the Eastern church as well, particularly the Russian Orthodox Church. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[arapahoepark]

How deep do you want to go?
Pelikan's the Christian Tradition Vol 2: the spirit of Eastern Christendom is the way to go.

Moffat's A History of Christianity in Asia for the oriental Orthodox.

And there is this on the orientatal orthodox, its more like an introduction and its free!

http://www.aina.org/books/bftc/bftc.htm

 

[Warren]

I'll start with the link, and check the library for those books. Really, I've got so much time on my hands, during this six month program I'm in, I may become an expert by the time I'm ready to work again.

Thanks for the resources, Trent.


I've actually read By Foot To China, and gave my copy to a Chinese woman studying abroad. Fascinating book. The stories they might have told...

 

[Warren]

That was disappointing. The Indianapolis library had nothing but a collection on the Knights Templar. I found Pope Benedict's book on the early fathers, though. Looks like I'll need to buy these.

 

[arapahoepark]

Use interlibrary loan.

 

[arapahoepark]

http://www.worldcat.org/title/spiri...m-600-1700/oclc/1866633&referer=brief_results

 

[Warren]

Thanks Trent.

 

[ZackF]

If you have cheap local transportation, then university/college libraries are a much better alternative for history books then most municipal ones. Some even have loan programs to non-students. If you do indeed have gobs of time, just sit on site and read them for hours at a time.

 

[py3ak]

Unless things have changed, it should be possible to access the library at Christian Theological Seminary on 42nd Street. They have a pretty nice collection and you can sit and read for a while without anyone disturbing you.

 

[johnny]

If you have some spare cash, Logos has these on pre-pub at the moment.

https://www.logos.com/products/search?q=Orthodox+history

I was sure I had these ordered on community pricing but it appears I forgot to tick the little box, so I'm probably going to let them go through without ordering as the discount is only 34% now.

 

[Warren]

Unless things have changed, it should be possible to access the library at Christian Theological Seminary on 42nd Street. They have a pretty nice collection and you can sit and read for a while without anyone disturbing you.

Thanks Ruben, I'll give them a try.