Excerpt - Front Matter: "... Volume one treats the ancient church, volume two Eastern Christian traditions. This third volume is devoted exclusively to Western Christianity from ..."
Excerpt - Back Cover: "... which usually do duty for the average reader's ideas of Easterntradition and philosophy. - New English Review Sc)PIIIA PERENNIS ..."
Excerpt - page 49: "... By contrast, Eastern Christianity offers a ringing affirma- tion of what that message is-namely, the apostolic message enshrined in the an- cient creeds of the church, celebrated in the liturgy, defended in tradition and pro- claimed in preaching. In all this, the importance ..."