Summary of the First Millennium (Vol 1, Ch 5)

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.