The Lesser Eastern Churches

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This classic trilogy had a groundbreaking effect in ringing an awareness of the broader Christian World to westerners. It remains among the most readable and authoritative sources about the churches to the east of Rome. PREFACE CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS PART I. THE NESTORIANS CHAPTER I. OF THE LESSER EASTERN CHURCHES IN GENERAL CHAPTER II. THE EAST SYRIAN CHURCH BEFORE NESTORIANISM CHAPTER III. NESTORIANISM CHAPTER IV. THE NESTOEIAN CHURCH IN THE PAST CHAPTER V. THE PRESENT NESTORIAN CHURCH PART II. THE COPTS CHAPTER VI. MONOPHYSISM CHAPTER VII. THE COPTIC CHURCH IN THE PAST CHAPTER VIII. THE COPTS IN OUR TIME PART III. THE ABYSSINIANS, JACOBITES, AND MALABAR CHRISTIANS CHAPTER IX. THE ABYSSINIAN CHURCH CHAPTER X. THE JACOBITES CHAPTER XI. THE CHURCH OF MALABAR PART IV. THE ARMENIANS CHAPTER XII. THE ARMENIAN CHURCH IN THE PAST CHAPTER XIII. THE ARMENIAN CHURCH TO-DAY CHAPTER XIV. THE HOPE OF REUNION INDEX