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In G.K. Chesterton's "Orthodoxy," on an incredible journey through faith, reason, and imagination. With his typical humor and intelligence, Chesterton convincingly argues traditional Christian ideas……続きを見る

This is a short collection of the ecclesiastical works of the emperor Charles II the Bald during his Carolingian reform of the Frankish church. This includes documents relating to the coronation of ……続きを見る

Seven rules is an unusually theological work coming out of the Donatist church in North Africa. This is not a list of monastic rules, which would have been common for the period. Nor is it a list of……続きを見る

With the ascension of the Capetian dynasty in 987, certain church reforms took place to address some of the concerns relating to the various ecclesiastical institutions in the kingdom. At the forefr……続きを見る

The Council of Shahapivan is the first surviving council of the Armenian Church, and has survived in various ecclesiastical sources. Convened in the year 444, after three consecutive councils in the……続きを見る

The Council of Florence, held in 1437-1441, sought to heal the East-West schism that was present in the Catholic and Orthodox churches. Papal political leverage afforded Eugenius IV the opportunity ……続きを見る

Æthelwold of Winchester is among the most famous Anglo-Saxon saints. During his lifetime he was the Bishop of Winchester and stood as one of the leaders of the tenth-century monastic reform movement……続きを見る

Upon the ascension of Edgar to the Anglo-Saxon throne, he immediately sought to reform the English church with the assistance of St. Dunstan, the former bishop of London. He held this council to alt……続きを見る

This work, a letter from St. Aelfric to Wilfinus, bishop of Sherborne, is perhaps amongst the earliest works of Anglo-Saxon literature. He is writings to his episcopal peer relating some questions o……続きを見る

This is a small library of the ecclesiastical documents issued by the German king, Louis II, during his tenure over the eastern Frankish realm. This includes his work on Ecclesiastical Constitution,……続きを見る

This second volume of the Book of Ethiopian Maccabees is shorter than the first. Moreover, it appears to be composed at a different time and by a different person, likely during the high medieval pe……続きを見る

Alfred the Great, during his tenure over the kingdom of Wessex, sough to reform and strengthen the English church through parochial and scholarly reform. Unlike most kings of the dark ages, Alfred t……続きを見る

In nomine Domini is a papal bull written by Pope Nicholas II. The bull was issued on 13 April 1059 and caused major reforms in the system of papal election, most notably establishing the cardinal-bi……続きを見る

The Irish monk and scholar, Sedulius Scotus, lays out his vision of the moral and political obligations of the the ruler of a Christian nation. He draws his examples from the realm of both the bibli……続きを見る

This work, by the 5th century Syriac father St. Jacob of Serug, expands on the tradition that St. Thomas the Apostle built a palace in India for king Gondophares. This tradition is found elsewhere, ……続きを見る

St. Orsisius, successor to St. Pachomius, on the island monastery of Tabenna, elected to offer some of his own advise for the Christian life and the workings of the monastic community. His wisdom is……続きを見る

Three Works is a collection of the shorted works of the Irish monk, Sedulius. It consists of: 'Exhibitions on Genealogy', 'Explanatiuncula on the difference between the breviaries, chapters and the ……続きを見る

Митрополит Антоний Сурожский по праву считается одним из наиболее известных православных мыслителей ХХ века, а его немногочисленные приезды в Россию каждый раз становились настоящими событиями религ……続きを見る

Современный православный богослов Алексей Осипов рассуждает о главном: о святости и вечности, о справедливости и войне и, конечно, о счастье, ведь оно является, по существу, основным в нашей жизни и……続きを見る

The most dangerous person Satan fears is the person of knowledge (who knows his or her right in Christ). The book; Jesus paid the full price (it is finished) makes you that dangerous person to Satan……続きを見る

After his defeat in 878, under the terms of his surrender to King Alfred the Great, Guthrum agreed to be baptized as a Christian and to convert his nation. He and Alfred draft these laws relating to……続きを見る

During his tenure of the English church, king Egdar sought sweeping reforms to the bishoprics and royal monasteries under his dominion. What follows here in this work is a collection of documents fr……続きを見る

St. Dunstan is perhaps one of the most famous English saints of the late Anglo-Saxon period. He left behind two primary Latin works: 'A Regular Concord of the Monks of the English Nation' and 'An Ep……続きを見る

The Eastern Orthodox Churches in post-communist Eastern Europe are embroiled in long-running conflicts over ownership of territory, saints, sites, nations, and history. These often violent conflicts……続きを見る

Issue de l'intelligentsia de Saint-Pétersbourg, exilée à Paris après le renversement du tsar, Marie Skobtsov (1891-1945), née Élisabeth Pilenko, est passée d'un quasi athéisme au don total de soi à ……続きを見る

Lorsqu'on le présentait comme « théologien », Olivier Clément (1921-2009) riait un peu, disant qu'il faisait de la théologie en amateur, non comme un professionnel… puis il ajoutait que dans « amate……続きを見る

Isaac le Syrien (v.630 v. 700) est avec Éphrem le plus profond et le plus influent des Pères syriaques. Originaire du Golfe arabo-persique, moine puis évêque de Ninive, Isaac retourne rapidement et ……続きを見る

A unified soteriology for the whole church. It is commonly claimed that Western Christianity teaches salvation as deliverance from sin through Jesus’s sacrifice on the cross, while Eastern Christian……続きを見る

In this volume several theologians from different Christian traditions examine how Bartholomew I as Ecumenical Patriarch has influenced the contemporary European scene, the various dialogues between……続きを見る

This lavishly illustrated guide to iconography explains through words and pictures the history, meaning, and purpose of Christian icons as well as the traditional methods that religious painters use……続きを見る