Streaming class on May 2nd:
In the first four chapters of Volume 1 of Metropolitan Hilarion’s series on Orthodoxy Christianity, the author led us through the first 1000 years of Christ’s Church. In this chapter, he summarizes the key areas of Church development:
Establishment of the conical structure;
Flowering of Christian holiness;
Full development of Christian doctrine;
Development of moral and ascetic always teaching;
Shaping and development of the Liturgy;
Emergence of the annual cycle of feasts and fasts;
Development of Christian architecture and arts; and
Emergence of the basic principles of Church singing.