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| Preface | |
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| List of Illustrations | |
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| List of Abbreviations | |
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| Note on Sources | |
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| Introduction: Strange Encounters | |
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| The Pilgrimage of the Orthodox through History | |
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| A Brief History of the Orthodox from the Apostolic Era to the Middle Ages | |
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| Perspectives of History | |
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| Earliest Christian Foundations | |
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| The Development of Ecclesiastical Centres | |
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| The Age of the Fathers | |
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| Creeds and Councils | |
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| East and West: The Parting of Ways | |
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| The Slavic Mission | |
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| The Organization of the Orthodox Churches from Medieval to Modern Times | |
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| The Extension of the Orthodox Church | |
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| Synopsis of the Organization of the Orthodox Churches | |
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| The Ancient Patriarchates | |
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| The Orthodox Church of Cyprus | |
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| The Church of Sinai | |
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| The Russian Orthodox Church (Patriarchate of Moscow) | |
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| The Wider Russian Heritage | |
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| The Orthodox Church of Greece | |
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| The Patriarchal Church of Bulgaria | |
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| The Patriarchal Church of Serbia | |
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| The Patriarchal Church of Romania | |
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| The Church of Georgia | |
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| The Church of Poland | |
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| The Church of Albania | |
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| The Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia | |
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| The Three Autonomous Orthodox Churches | |
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| The Various Orthodox Diaspora Communities | |
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| The Orthodox Church in America | |
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| The Orthodox Sense of Tradition | |
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| The Holy Tradition | |
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| Sources of Authority in Orthodoxy | |
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| Orthodoxy's Reading of the Scriptures | |
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| An Ecclesial Reading | |
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| The Principle of Consonance | |
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| The Principle of Authority | |
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| The Principle of Utility | |
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| Patristic and Conciliar Authorities | |
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| The Symbolical Books | |
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| The Pedalion (Holy Canons) | |
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| Tradition and Revelation | |
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| The Doctrine of the Orthodox Church. I: The Glory of the Lord | |
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| The Christian God | |
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| The Holy Spirit | |
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| The Lord Jesus | |
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| The Immortal Father | |
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| The Holy Trinity | |
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| The Doctrine of the Orthodox Church. II: The Economy of Salvation | |
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| Humanity and its Sufferings | |
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| Salvation and the Call to Ascent | |
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| The Song of Creation | |
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| The Blessed Theotokos: Joy of All Creation | |
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| The Dance of the Blessed: The Angels and the Saints | |
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| Outside the Gates: Demonology and the Enigma of Evil | |
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| The Church: Bride of the Lamb | |
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| The Holy Mysteries and Liturgies | |
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| Greater and Lesser Mysteries: | |
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| The Mystery of Baptism | |
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| The Mystery of Chrismation | |
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| The Mystical Supper: Communion in the Holy Eucharist | |
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| The Eucharistic Liturgy | |
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| The Mystery of Metanoia | |
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| The Mystery of the Great Anointing | |
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| The Mystery of Marriage | |
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| The Mysteries of Ordination | |
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| The Lesser Blessings of the Church | |
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| The Services of Prayer | |
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| The Trisagion Prayers | |
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| The Daily Offices | |
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| Personal Prayers | |
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| Traditions of Orthodox Prayer and Spirituality | |
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| Methods of Prayer | |
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| The Prayer of the Heart | |
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| The Jesus Prayer | |
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| Hesychasm | |
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| Fasting and Feasting | |
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| The Holy Icons: Doors to the Kingdom | |
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| Sacred Art | |
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| The Orthodox Vocabulary of Worship | |
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| Icons and Iconoclasm | |
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| Icons of the Lord | |
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| Icons of the Virgin | |
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| Icons of the Saints | |
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| 'The God-Beloved Emperor': Orthodoxy's Political Imagination | |
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| Caesaro-Papist Caricatures | |
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| Byzantine Models of Godly Rule | |
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| The Ambiguity of Scriptural Paradigms of Power | |
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| The Concept of the Priestly King | |
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| Dominion as an Apostolic Charism | |
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| Patristic Ideas on Symphonia | |
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| New Polities in the Aftermath of Byzantium | |
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| Orthodoxy and the Contemporary World | |
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| The Poor at the Rich Man's Gate | |
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| The Grace of Peace and the Curse of War | |
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| Freedom in an Unfree World | |
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| A New Status for Women | |
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| Biological and Other New Ethical Environments | |
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| Sexual Ethics and Pastoral Care | |
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| Ecumenism and the Reconciliation of the Churches | |
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| Religious Pluralism in the Global Village | |
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| Evangelism in a New Millennium | |
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| Glossary of Orthodox Terminology | |
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| Select Bibliography | |
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| Index | |