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A History of Russian Christianity (Vol I) From the Apostle Andrew to the Mongol Invasion

By Daniel , H. Shubin

Book information

Year
2004
ISBN
0875862888, 9780875862880, 9780875862897
LCC
BR932 .S55 2004
Open Library ID
OL3293370M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
740 kB (758104 bytes)
Pages
244\239
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

From Apostle Andrew to the conclusion of Soviet authority in 1990, Daniel Shubin presents the entire history of Christianity in Russia in a 3-volume series. The events, people and politics that forged the earliest traditions of Russian Christianity are presented objectively and intensively, describing the rise and dominance of the Russian Orthodox Church, the many dissenters and sectarian groups that evolved over the centuries (and their persecution), the presence of Catholicism and the influx of Protestantism and Judaism and other minority religions into Russia. The history covers the higher levels of ecclesiastical activity including the involvement of tsars and princes, as well as saints and serfs, and monks and mystics. This, the first volume, deals with the period from Apostle Andrew to the death of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, just prior to the election of the first Russian Patriarch, a period of almost 1600 years.

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