West versus East and the Consequences for Russian Christianity

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  • Vitalij PETRENKO

Keywords:

West versus East and the consequences for russian Christianity, historical relationship between East and West, West, its conflicts with the ecclesiastical and imperial structures of the East

Abstract

The author is considering the historical relationship between East and West on the basis of the development of understanding of ecclesiastical authority in the Roman-Catholic Church with its ecclesiological centre in Romeand in the Eastern Church with its centre in Constantinople. The main attention in this paper will be devoted to the development of the papacy in the West, its conflicts with the ecclesiastical and imperial structures of the East, the relationship between the two Churches and the consequences of this struggle for Russian Christianity. The author draws some historical implications out of this analysis for Russian evangelicals in order to draw their attention towards their our own sense of ‘belonging’ in the context of wider, historical Christianity. 

Author Biography

Vitalij PETRENKO

Vitalij Ivanovitch Petrenko, was born in 1965. He entered London School of Theology in 1992 and graduated with a B.A. and M.Th. in 1996 and received a Ph.D. from Durham University in 2005. He has been a member of a Baptist church in Riga, Latvia since 1982, where he has been involved in youth ministry, evangelism, and missionary work. Upon completion of his Ph.D. he returned to Latvia. He is the author of Theology of Icons: A Protestant Perspective, published by Bibliia dlia vsekh, St. Petersburg.

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THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS #6 (2006)

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PETRENKO, Vitalij. 2006. “West Versus East and the Consequences for Russian Christianity”. Theological Reflections: Eastern European Journal of Theology, no. 6 (May):84-97. http://reflections.eeit-edu.info/article/view/89641.

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