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1. Much of Orthodoxy was under Muslim control.

Reply to white_wolf (Original post)

Fri Dec 7, 2012, 11:18 PM

Dec 2012

Much of the Reformation was explicitly anti-Papist.

Many of the doctrines, e.g. purgatory and indulgences, were not adopted in the East.

Some correspondence between German Reformers and the Patriarch exists.

http://www.stpaulsirvine.org/html/lutheran.htm

Fascinating stuff.

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Why was there no Protestant Reformation in the East? [View all] white_wolf Dec 2012 OP

Much of Orthodoxy was under Muslim control. rug Dec 2012 #1

Great link! Thanks, rug. apocalypsehow Dec 2012 #14

You're welcome! rug Dec 2012 #15

Their theology was similar, their structure wasn't... regnaD kciN Dec 2012 #2

Interesting question. dimbear Dec 2012 #3

a culture where speaking out was too dangerous nt msongs Dec 2012 #4

It couldn't have been any more dangerous than speaking out against the Roman Church n/t white_wolf Dec 2012 #5

im willing to speculate the western reformers were more independent than those in the east msongs Dec 2012 #6

There was contact between the reformers and Orthodox Leontius Dec 2012 #7

The reason may be in the differences between Augustine's and Origen's ideas. Jim__ Dec 2012 #8

Origen had a counterpart in the West named Pelasgius. Odin2005 Dec 2012 #10

The point with respect to the reformation is that (per the review) Augustine's view ... Jim__ Dec 2012 #13

While it is true that Origen considered universal salvation possible Leontius Dec 2012 #11

This is something I have always wondered about myself. Odin2005 Dec 2012 #9

Iconoclasm was in part a reaction to Arab military success of the period. Leontius Dec 2012 #12