Primacy in the Church from Vatican I to Vatican II: An Orthodox Perspective

by Maximos Vgenopoulos

The primacy of the bishop of Rome, the pope, as it was finally shaped in the Middle Ages and later defined by Vatican I and II has been one of the thorniest issues in the history of the Western and Eastern Churches. This issue was a primary cause of the division between the two Churches and the events that followed the schism of 1054: the sack of Constantinople by the crusaders in 1204, the appointment by Pope Innocent III of a Latin patriarch...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087580473X
• ISBN13: 9780875804736
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher