The History of the Christian Church (Part 28) The Eastern Confession of Cyril Lucaris & The Synod of Jerusalem

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This episode explores the Eastern Confession of Cyril Lucaris and the Synod of Jerusalem, marking the end of the season on the Eastern Church's history.

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this final episode in our season on the history of the Eastern Church. Today, we arrive at the threshold of the modern era, where the clash of ideas between East and West is no longer only about emperors, councils, and icons, but about doctrine itself. In the seventeenth century, the Orthodox world faced one of its most profound internal challenges when Cyril Lucaris—Patriarch of Constantinople—penned what came to be known as The Eastern Confession of the Christi...

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Host: Jeremy

Topics covered

• Eastern Church history
• Cyril Lucaris
• doctrine
• Orthodox challenges
• seventeenth century

Keywords

• Cyril Lucaris
• Eastern Confession
• Synod of Jerusalem
• Orthodox Church
• Christian doctrine
• seventeenth century

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Organizations: Eastern Church, Patriarch of Constantinople

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