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THE SPIRIT OF EASTERN CHRISTENDOM (600-1700). The Christian Tradition, 2
THE SPIRIT OF EASTERN CHRISTENDOM The Christian Tradition 2 - 600-1700 Author:Jaroslav Pelikan The line that separated Eastern Christendom from Western on the medieval map is similar to the iron curtain of recent times. Linguistic barriers, political division, and liturgical differences combined to isolate the two cultures from each other. Except for such episodes as the schism between East and West or the Crusades, the development of n... more »on-Western Christendom has been largely ignored by church historians. In the Spirit of eastern Christendom, Jaroslav Pelikan explains the divisions between Eastern and Western Christendom, and identifies and describes the development of the distinctive forms taken by Christian doctrine it is Greek, Syriac, and early Slavic expression.« less