The Church of the Revolutionary Age: Christian Brotherhood, Volume 2

By Henri Daniel-Rops The Church of the Revolutionary Age: Christian Brotherhood, the tenth installment in Henri Daniel-Rops’ magnificent History of the Church of Christ, explores the complex phenomenon of the “separated brethren”—all those who believe in and follow Jesus Christ, but are not in communion with the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. This volume focuses on the non-Protestant Christian groups, surveying (1) the Eastern Orthodox Church, its Byzantine heritage, its pilgrim identity, and its liturgical, monastic, and mystical dimensions; (2) the incidence of division in the Church since its inception, from the fifth-century schisms to the heresies of Arius and Nestorius and beyond (the effects and fruit of which are still evident in the present day); and (3) the emergence of ecumenism as the means toward achieving Christian unity, its proponents and detractors, and its prospects at the opening of the Second Vatican Council. Christ prayed that his followers may be one.