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A newly revised and updated edition of the indispensable classic. Meyendorff reviews the great events and principle stages in the history of the Church, including the development of its theology and institutions, an authoritative presentation of its cultural and spiritual traditions, its connection to other Christian churches, and its position n post-Communist Eastern Europe.
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John Meyendorff
Author · 13 books
Fr John Meyendorff (1926-1992) was a Professor of Church History and Patristics at St Vladimir s Orthodox Theological Seminary, and a professor of History at Fordham University, NY. He was a Fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities (1976-77), and a Guggenheim Fellow. He held honorary doctorates from the University of Notre Dame and General Theological Seminary, was a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy, and a Senior Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks. In 1990 The Diploma of Honorary Member of the Leningrad Theological Academy was bestowed upon him.
