Hussey - The Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire

OXFORD HISTORY OF
THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Edited by

HENRY AND OWEN CHADWICK

J. M. HUSSEY

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J. M. Hussey 1986
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Hussey, J. M. (John Mervyn)
The Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire.
(Oxford history of the Christian Church)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Orthodox Eastern ChurchByzantine Empire.
2. Byzantine EmpireChurch history. I. Title. II. Series.
BX300.H87 1985 281.9'09'02 85-13821
ISBN 978-0-19-958276-1 (pbk)

I SHOULD like to express my grateful thanks to the Trustees of the Leverhulme Foundation for the award of an Emeritus Research Fellowship and to the Trustees of the Bethune-Baker Fund for a grant towards the cost of typing. A good deal of the work for this book was done in the Gennadius Library and in the British School at Athens and more especially in the University of Cambridge Library where I have to thank hard-pressed assistants for their generous help.

This book is built on the work of past and present scholars too numerous to thank individually. But I should like to say in gratitude how much I owe to the late Norman Baynes who introduced me to the thought-world of East Rome. And it is a pleasure to acknowledge my special indebtedness over the years to three living scholarsJean Darrouzs, Herbert Hunger, and Paul Lemerlewhose distinguished work has opened avenues leading to a more constructive view of an often changing Byzantine society. I am also most grateful to Julian Chrysostomides and Henry Chadwick both of whom read the typescript and made valuable suggestions.

J.M.H.

5 June 1984

NOTE TO PAPERBACK EDITION 1990

I am grateful to reviewers for pointing out misprints and errors which I have tried to put right. It has not been possible to cover bibliography for the years 19849 though one or two items have been inserted, but I have added lists of Byzantine Emperors, Popes and Patriarchs of Constantinople, and maps.

J. M. H.

PART I
CHALLENGE AND RESPONSE WITHIN
THE HISTORICAL FRAMEWORK

PART II
ORGANIZATION AND LIFE OF
THE ORTHODOX CHURCH IN BYZANTIUM