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The course will focus on Christianity, from its origins in the Near East to the rise and development of various Eastern Orthodox Churches. The Byzantine Empire defined its Church as the only Orthodox one, based on the doctrine of Seven Ecumenical Councils. Other disagreeing Churches became branded as “heretical,” and went on to develop their own hierarchies, their particular liturgies, and doctrines. Today they are referred to as pre-Chalcedonian Churches. We will examine their history, the spread of Byzantine orthodoxy among the Slavic peoples through missionary activities, as well as the historical events that shaped the plurality of churches in the East.
