Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Prelude. The Naming of Parts 1
4. ONE. Ecclesial Foundations: Proto- and Post-Apostolic Times 23
5. TWO. Shaping Orthodoxy, Mapping Heresy 49
6. THREE. The Classical Patristic Period 79
7. FOUR. The Byzantine Imperial Church 122
8. FIVE. The Church’s Expansion 156
9. SIX. Orthodox Life under and after Islamic Dominion 181
10. SEVEN. Orthodoxy under the Communists 215
11. EIGHT. The Twentieth-Century Orthodox Diaspora 235
12. NINE. Recent Outstanding Orthodox Figures 255
13. TEN. Day-to-Day Life in an Orthodox Church 278
14. POSTLUDE. What Role for Orthodoxy in a Postmodern Environment? 297
15. Appendix: A Brief Commentary on the Nicene Creed (a.d. 325) 305
16. Notes 319
17. Bibliography 343
18. Index 347