From The Apostolic Community To Constantine

Author : Nikolai Talberg
Publisher : Vladimir Djambov
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Total Pages : 729 pages
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Download or read book History of the Church written by Nikolai Talberg and published by Vladimir Djambov. This book was released on with total page 729 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice. https://vidjambov.blogspot.com/2023/01/book-inventory-vladimir-djambov-talmach.html Table of Contents Nikolai Talberg. 3 Volume 1. 4 Volume 2. 4 HISTORY OF THE RUSSIAN CHURCH.. 4 Volume 2. 1801-1908. 4 NIKOLAI TALBERG.. 6 Nikolai Talberg. 7 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH.. 7 APOSTOLIC AGE. 7 Conditions that Favored the Spread of the Church. 7 First Decades after the Ascension of the Lord. 14 Apostolic Cathedral in Jerusalem. 17 Further Works of Ap. Paul. 18 Proceedings of Ap. Peter and other Apostles. 21 FIRST THREE CENTURIES. 25 Spread of the Church in the First Two Centuries of Christianity. 25 The Persecution of the Church by the Jews. 26 Persecution by the Gentiles. 27 Persecution of Christians by the Emperors. 28 Holy Martyrs. 36 Edict of Constantine the Great. 46 EARLY CHRISTIAN WRITING. FALSE TEACHINGS. 48 Attacks on Christians by Scientists and Philosophers. Church Life. 48 Christian Apologists. 49 Sources of the Doctrine of the Church. 52 Canon of Holy Books and Holy Tradition. 53 A summary of Church Doctrine in Symbols. 55 Private Dogmas, Revealed by the Holy Church. 56 The Origin of Heresies and False Doctrines. 58 Heretics Judaizers. 59 Gnosticism. 63 Manichaeism. 68 Heresy of the Antitrinitarians. 72 Montanism. 75 Chiliasm. 77 Apostolic Men. 78 Theological Science after the Apostolic Age. 81 CHURCH LIFE. 90 Organization and Management of the Church. 90 Church Positions. 94 Election and Consecration of Clerics. 95 The Position of the Clergy in the First Centuries. 97 Relationships between Local Churches. 100 Disputes about the Celebration of Easter. 102 Execution of the Sacraments. 104 Disputes about the Baptism of Heretics. 109 Church Discipline. Splits. 110 Purity of Life of Christians of the First Centuries. 113 Christian Customs. 118 THE ERA OF CONSTANTINE THE GREAT AND HIS SUCCESSORS . 120 The Position of the Church under Constantine the Great and his successors. 120 Church under Julian the Apostate. 123 Church under Subsequent Emperors. 127 The Spread of the Church outside the Empire. 130 In Europe. 134 Efforts to Defend Falling Paganism. 144 The Troubles of the Church. 146 THE ERA OF THE ECUMENICAL COUNCILS. 150 A General Look at the Nature of Heresies of the 4th-8th Centuries. 150 First Ecumenical Council. 150 Second Ecumenical Council. 158 Third Ecumenical Council. 159 History of Nestorianism after the Council. 169 Fourth Ecumenical Council. 170 Monophysite Heresy after the Council. 174 Fifth Ecumenical Council. 179 The Persistence of the Monophysites and their Sects. 183 Sixth Ecumenical Council. 185 Iconoclastic Heresy and the Seventh Ecumenical Council. 189 Continuation of the Iconoclastic Heresy. 195 Filioque. 197 Euchites (Messalians). 199 Paulician heresy. 202 SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT 4TH-10TH CENTURIES. 205 Spiritual enlightenment in the second period. 205 Theological Schools in the East in the 4th and 5th Centuries. 206 Great Saints of the Eastern Church. 220 Spiritual Enlightenment in the West in the 4th and 5th Centuries. 222 Spiritual Enlightenment in the 6th-8th Centuries. 228 Spiritual Enlightenment in the East in the 9th and 10th Centuries. 235 Spiritual Enlightenment in the West in the 9th and 10th Centuries. 238 CHURCH ADMINISTRATION. 241 Relations between Church and State in the 4th-11th centuries. 241 Church Hierarchy. 246 Increase in Church Positions. 250 Church Administration. 251 Rise of the Patriarch of Constantinople. 255 Ecumenical Government and Church Legislation. 258 Papal Claims to Headship in the Church. 261 WORSHIP AND MONASTICISM. 269 Places of Public Worship. 269 Liturgical Times, Holidays and Fasts. 270 Liturgical Actions and Ceremonies. 273 Repentant Discipline and the Split of the Donatists. 276 Christian Life in General. 278 Monastic Life in the East. 281 Volume II 289 CHURCH IN THE WEST. 289 Features of Worship in the Western Church. 289 Monasticism in the West. 290 Christian Life in the Western Church in the 9th-10th Centuries. 293 FALL OF THE CHURCH IN THE WEST. 296 Causes that Prepared the Division of the Churches. 296 The Beginning of the Division. 297 The Final Division of the Churches in the 11th Century. 303 Reducing the Limits of the Greek-Eastern Church. 305 Attempts to Unite the Churches. 311 THE POSITION OF THE CHURCH IN THE EAST. 323 Patriarchal Administration. 323 The Relationship of Emperors to Patriarchs. 324 The Property of Churches, the Maintenance of the Clergy. 326 The State of Enlightenment under the Comneni and Palaiologoi. 328 Church Writers in the Comnenos Age. 329 Writers in the Age of Palaiologos. 331 Bogomil heresy. 333 Disputes of Varlaamites and Palamites. 337 The State of Worship. 338 The State of the Christian Life. 341 ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. 344 Missionary Activity of the Latins. 344 Papacy and monasticism. 345 The struggle of popes with sovereigns for independence in church affairs. 345 The struggle of popes with sovereigns. 350 The Decline of Papal Power. 353 Attempts to Limit Papal Power. 357 Western Monasticism in the 10th and 11th centuries. 362 Monastic orders . 362 Spiritual and Knightly Orders. 365 Liturgical Innovations in the Roman Catholic Church. 367 Religious Life in the Roman Catholic Church. 368 HERESIES AND SECTS IN THE WEST. 373 Theological trends in the West. 373 New Dogma in the Roman Church. 375 Sects in the Roman Church in the 11th-15th Centuries. 378 REFORMATION. 382 General Dissatisfaction with the Roman Church. 382 Wyclef. 383 John Huss. 384 Savonarola. 388 Reform Movements in Germany. Lutheranism. 392 Further History of the Reformation in Germany. 395 Spread of Lutheranism in Europe. 398 Reformation in Switzerland. 400 Ulrich Zwingli. 400 Calvin. 401 Spread of Calvinism. 403 France. 403 Netherlands. 405 Scotland. 406 Protestant Sects before the Peace of Westphalia. 407 Anglican Church. 410 The Roman Church in the fight against Protestantism. 413 Trent Cathedral. 413 Jesuit Order. 417 Other Catholic Orders. 422 STATE OF PROTESTANT SOCIETIES. 423 Relations between Catholics and Protestants. 423 Protestant Missions among the Gentiles and Bible Societies. 425 Disunity in Protestant Societies. 425 New Protestant Sects. 427 ORTHODOX EAST. 433 The External State of the Church under the Turkish Yoke. 433 The Attitude of the Turkish Government towards the Church in the 19th Century. 439 Greek Struggle for Independence. 442 Foundation of an Independent Hellenic Church. 445 Russia's Participation in the Fate of Eastern Christians. 447 Hierarchy and Church Government 450 The Struggle for the Patriarchal Title. 454 Remarkable Patriarchs before Samuel I. 457 Patriarch Samuil I and His Reforms. 460 Hierarchy after Patriarch Samuel I. 462 The later State of the Church of Constantinople. 463 Other Eastern Patriarchates. 465 Spiritual Enlightenment. 471 Protection of Orthodoxy from Protestantism. 474 CHURCH POLICY OF ROMAN CATHOLICISM. 477 Protection of the Orthodox from Latin Propaganda. 477 The Attempts of the Latins to Take Possession of the Holy Places in Palestine. 480 New Attempts by the Popes in Favor of the Union. 482 Relations Between the Papacy and the Catholic States. 484 Religious Trends in the Roman Church. 489 New Dogma in the Roman Church. 496 Old Catholics. 498 ORTHODOX CHURCHES. 502 Attempts of the Anglican Church to Unite with the Orthodox. 502 Councils that Defended Orthodoxy from Latins and Protestants. 504 Famous Writers of the Greco-Eastern Church. 505 The State of Worship. 508 The State of the Christian Life. 510 Bulgarian Church. 511 Church in the Serbian Kingdom. 517 Orthodox Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 521 Orthodox Church in Montenegro. 521 Orthodox Church in Austria-Hungary. 523 HISTORY OF THE RUSSIAN CHURCH.. 527 Volume 2. 1801-1908. 527 THE GROWTH OF CHURCH LIFE. 527 The Reign of Emperor Alexander I. 527 Reign of Emperor Nicholas I. (1825-1855) 538 Reign of Emperor Alexander II. (1855-1881). 544 Reign of Emperor Alexander III. (1881-1894). 551 Reign of Emperor Nicholas II. 555 Diocesan administration. Clergy. 564 The Spread of Faith. 566 Missionary work in the Kazan diocese and neighboring areas. 566 Missionary work among the Kalmyks, Kirghiz and Samoyeds. 568 Missionary work in Siberia. 569 Missionary work in China. 577 Missionary work in Japan. 578 Restoration of Orthodoxy in the Caucasus. 580 Georgian church. 581 Orthodox missionary society. 582 Missionary conventions. 583 Jesuit propaganda. Uniates and their reunification. 583 Orthodoxy in the Baltic Region and in Finland. Relations with non-Christians in England and the USA. 590 Spiritual Enlightenment. 598 Representatives of Spiritual Science and Preaching. 602 Bible Society. Translation of the Bible into Russian. 618 Influences and Phenomena Alien to Orthodoxy; Opposition to them. 626 Worshipers and Pilgrims, Imperial Palestinian Society. 634 The State of the Religious Education of the People. 637 Sects. 640 Old Believers and Unity. 644 Glorification of Saints, New Holidays, Temples, Iconography. 652 Church Singing. 667 Church Government before the Restoration of the Patriarchate. 682 Monasteries, Ascetics. 685