Introduction to Bible and Christian Theology 2
Annotated Bibliography Assignment
Medieval Christian Thinkers – The East-West Schism – Some Suggestions
These are some suggestions only. Please feel free to search beyond these, but we will assume you have
looked for these before asking for help.
As in introduction look at Chart #37 in REF 270.0202 W241c 2005 Walton, Robert C. Chronological and
Background Charts of Church History. Rev. and expanded ed. Grand Rapids, Mich: Zondervan, 2005.
Dictionary Article:
REF 909.07 D554s “Schism, Great” or “Schisms, Eastern-Western Church.” In Strayer, Joseph R.
Dictionary of the Middle Ages. New York: Scribner, 1982.
OR REF 291.0321 E56 1987 “Schism: Christian Schism.” Eliade, Mircea, and Charles J. Adams. The
Encyclopedia of Religion. New York: Macmillan, 1987.
Primary Source: There a numbers of issues that brought about the east-west schism. Pick one you’ve
learned about in the dictionary article and do a Google search for a primary document about it.
See p. 216 “The Seventh Ecumenical Council: the Second Council of Nicaea, 787 Doctrinal Statement”
OR p. 909 “Michael Cerularius and the Synod of Constantinople, Edict 1054” in REF 238 C913p 2003
Pelikan, Jaroslav, Valerie R. Hotchkiss, and Jaroslav Pelikan. Creeds & Confessions of Faith in the
Christian Tradition. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003.
OR See p. 59 in 238 F174g, 1963 Gerrish, B. A. The Faith of Christendom; A Source Book of Creeds and
Confessions. Cleveland: World Pub. Co, 1963. Read the two versions of the Nicene Creed and comment
on the differences. (p. 56-59 will give you an introduction.)
OR see p. 96 “II: The Final Breach Between East and West, 1054” in 270 B565d Bettenson, Henry.
Documents of the Christian Church. London: Oxford U.P., 1967.
Monograph/Book
Go to the Providence Library catalogue. http://opac.prov.ca/vwebv/searchBasic?sk=uc Put into the
search box under “All Fields” “schism eastern“ OR go to the Ebsco databases and select the eBook
Academic Collection. Put “east west schism” into the search box.
Article
Go to the Providence Library webpage. http://www.providenceuc.ca/college/library/ Click on Find
Journal Articles, e-books, Online Resources (Login). Select ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials.
Search under “schism eastern western church.”
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