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volume 1 of the History of Russian Christianity, June 28, 2004
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This review is from: The History of Russian Christianity Volume 1: From the Earliest Years Through Tsar Ivan IV (Paperback)
This first volume of the history of Russian Christianity deals with the period from Apostle Andrew to the death of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, a period of almost 1600 years. The information provided is intensive and objective, dealing with the events, people and politics of the development and expansion of Christianity in Russia. The book covers the earliest of traditions, the rise and dominance of the Russian Orthodox Church, the many dissenters and sectarians that evolved over the centuries and their persecution, and the influx of Catholicism and Judaism and other minority religions into Russia. The history covers the involvement of tsars and princes, as well as saints and serfs, and monks and mystics .
(This 3-volume series of the history of Christianity in Russia will extend to the conclusion of Soviet authority in 1990.)
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