Can anyone recommend any online resources focusing on the split between Orthodox and Latin churches? I thought there might already be a thread about it. I have a Catholic relative who is interested in Orthodoxy but doesn't know much about the history involved and I don't know enough about it of the top of my head.
thnx 
Do not be shocked by those who teach new doctrines but seem to be worthy of credence. Stand solidly like an anvil under blows. A good athlete suffers blows but wins. St Ignatius.
Have him/her check these out. And if there are still questions, send him/her to me. I'll clarify things.
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. (Ps. 50)
I just gave 2 copies [which I didn't even know I had !] of timothy ware's The Orthodox Church to a Catholic
who wanted to learn about the schism from the point of view of the Orthodox side.
He saw them sitting there waiting to be put somewhere and asked if he could have one.
I said, Sure, take two, giving a warning about Bp Kallistos [Ware].
I never opened a page of either edition. Does anyone know whether there IS a sizeable section on
the schism ? I figured he might explain it well in English for this inquiring mind to grasp.
If there are better works, please do post that, for I don't really have many sources myself to recommend for questions
like this from either side.
Barbara wrote:I just gave 2 copies [which I didn't even know I had !] of timothy ware's The Orthodox Church to a Catholic
who wanted to learn about the schism from the point of view of the Orthodox side.
He saw them sitting there waiting to be put somewhere and asked if he could have one.
I said, Sure, take two, giving a warning about Bp Kallistos [Ware].I never opened a page of either edition. Does anyone know whether there IS a sizeable section on
the schism ? I figured he might explain it well in English for this inquiring mind to grasp.If there are better works, please do post that, for I don't really have many sources myself to recommend for questions
like this from either side.
I read the later edition by Bishop Kallistos (Timothy Ware).
It was good although he seems to be more tolerant of Catholics regarding the Filioque and the Immaculate Conception than most Orthodox Christians. In other words, he seems to say that a person can believe in the Immaculate Conception and still be an Orthodox Christian.
Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me a sinner.
Thank you Joasia, that's very helpful. My friend is elderly and she can't read small print any more so I needed something I could edit and print out myself. Even better is the audio, that's perfect.
Do not be shocked by those who teach new doctrines but seem to be worthy of credence. Stand solidly like an anvil under blows. A good athlete suffers blows but wins. St Ignatius.
Joseph Farrell is an apostate today, but from what I hear, he has written a good book on the schism, in favor of the Orthodox side.
"God, History, & Dialectic: The Theological Foundations of the Two Europes and Their Cultural Consequences."
I don't recommend his other books, except what he writes about Saint's Maximus and Photius.
His other books seem new age.
For people struggling over the issue of the papacy, I recommend,
Papalism, by Denny (he's Anglican).
The Papacy, by Guettee (Orthodox)
Popes And Patriarches, by Whelton (Orthodox).
