A History of Russian Christianity: From the Earliest Years Through Tsar Ivan IV, vol. 1.BR932 2004-012764 0-87586-287-X A history of Russian The history proper of the Russian language dates from just before the turn of the second millennium. Note. In the following sections, all examples of vocabulary are given in their modern spelling. Christianity; v.1: From the earliest years through Tsar Ivan IV Ivan IV or Ivan the Terrible, 1530–84, grand duke of Moscow (1533–84), the first Russian ruler to assume formally the title of czar. . Shubin, Daniel H. Algora Publishing, [c]2004 230 p. $22.95 (pa) Although the history of Russian Orthodoxy is his primary topic, Shubin also considers its role in the Russian state, its people and its culture. He examines the tradition that the apostle Andrew, brother to Peter, brought Christianity to Russia, and the implications that tradition had for and against unification with the Roman Catholic Church Roman Catholic Church, Christian church headed by the pope, the bishop of Rome (see papacy and Peter, Saint). Its commonest title in official use is Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. . He describes the growth of the faith in Kievan Russia, examines the growth of monasticism monasticism (mənăs`tĭsĭzəm, mō–), form of religious life, usually conducted in a community under a common rule. and administrative structure, and explores Russian Orthodoxy's relationship with dissenters dissenters: see nonconformists. , Roman Catholics and Jews. He describes the era of the Mongol occupation and the growth of a martyr culture, and he discusses Moscovite Russia's relation with its church. |
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