A History of Russian Christianity: The Patriarchal Era Through Peter the Great, 1586 to 1725, vol 2.BR932 2004-012764 0-87586-346-9 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.2: The patriarchal era through Peter the Great, 1586 to 1725. Shubin, Daniel H. Algora Publishing, [c]2004 238 p. $22.95 (pa) Shubin continues his study of Russian Orthodoxy by examining the institution of the office of Patriarch and the tenures of those who followed. He describes the reforms and intervals as well as the careers of the office-holders, the ground-breaking Council of 1666-7 under Patriarch Nikon, the Orthodox schism schism, in religion: see heresy; Schism, Great. , and changes in Orthodox life, teaching, liturgy, mysticism and religious education. He proceeds to the reign of Tsar Peter the Great and describes the case of the Old Believers Old Believers Russian dissenters who refused to accept liturgical reforms imposed on the Russian Orthodox Church by Nikon in 1652–58. Numbering in the millions in the 17th century, the Old Believers endured persecution for years, and several of their leaders were , the rise of the Protestant movement, and Tsar Peter's impact on Orthodoxy as he looked to Europe for inspiration. Shubin also includes a transcript of a confession A Confession is a short work on questions of religion by Leo Tolstoy. It was first distributed in Russia in 1882. Consisting of autobiographical notes on the development of the author's belief, A Confession recanting a foray into Verb 1. foray into - enter someone else's territory and take spoils; "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly" raid encroach upon, intrude on, obtrude upon, invade - to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my Lutheranism, and material on the period's monastic prisons. |
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