www.byzcath.org Forums Faith & Christian Life Books Anthony Dragani: Adrian Fortescue and Eastern Christian Churches

Adrian Fortescue (1874-1923) was recognized as one of England’s foremost Roman Catholic authorities on Eastern Christianity and helped to shape the English-speaking world’s understanding of the Eastern Churches. This book is a critical examination of his writings on the subject, analyzing what he said about the Eastern Christian Churches and highlighting his insights into key questions. It focuses on Fortescue’s understanding of the schisms and his thoughts as to how reunion ccould come about. The book concludes by comparing Fortescue's perspective to later advances in theology and historical scholarship in order to ascertain the long-term accuracy of his writings. Although this is a revision of a doctoral dissertation and quite expensive, it is an excellent description and analysis of what were some of the best early 20th century Roman Catholic books on Eastern Christian Churches.

Thank you for sharing this! It might answer many of my questions. . . How expensive is this book actually? Can you give me a 'ball park' figure?

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Christine

http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/articles/liturgics/shimchick_saying_amen.htm

It is $123.75. But it is 40% off from now till 12/31/14

Amazon.com has a new paperback copy of this book for $35.13. Are you interested in any other books by or about Adrian Fortescue? I have some which I could send to you, including Dragani's book. As I have gotten older, I would like to share some of my books with others who have a similar interest in Eastern Christianity.

Hello Polish American. I would be interested in the books. I have one book by Fr. Adrian, The Greek Fathers, but would be interested in others.