For over a thousand years, Eastern Christendom had as its center the second capital of the Roman Empire-Constantinople, the New Rome, or Byzantium. The geographical division between the Eastern and Western Churches was only one manifestation of deeper rifts, characterized by a long history of conflicts, suspicions, and misunderstandings. Although the art, monasticism, and spirituality of Byzantium have come to be recognized as inspirational and influential in the shaping of Eastern European civilization, and of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance as well, the West has been in the main...
For over a thousand years, Eastern Christendom had as its center the second capital of the Roman Empire-Constantinople, the New Rome, or Byzantium. Th...
From theWorld Spiritualityseries, this is a broad-ranging, illustrated, scholarly treatment of core topics in Christian spirituality, focused on the Reformation and pre-Reformation periods."
From theWorld Spiritualityseries, this is a broad-ranging, illustrated, scholarly treatment of core topics in Christian spirituality, focused on the R...
A multivolume series with more than 500 contributing scholars worldwide, presenting the spiritual wisdom of the human race in its historical unfolding, from prehistoric times, though the great religions to the meeting of tradition at the present.
A multivolume series with more than 500 contributing scholars worldwide, presenting the spiritual wisdom of the human race in its historical unfolding...
