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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: The period of the seven ecumenical councils.
Chapter 2: The period of the two great schisms.
Chapter 3: The direct antecedents of the council.
3.1 The pope versus the conciliarists.
3.2 The tug-of-war over the Greeks
3.3 Conclusions
Chapter 4: The Greeks at Ferrara. The discussions about purgatory.
4.1 Arrival in Italy and preparation for the discussions.
4.2 History of the doctrine of purgatory
4.3 Discussions on purgatory.
Chapter 5: The discussions on the addition to the creed.
5.1 Questions of procedure
5.2 History of the addition to the oredo
5.3 The discussions on the addition to the oredo
5.4 Review of the discussions
5.5 The last days in Ferrara
Chapter 6: The Greeks in Florence. The dogma of the filioque.
6.1 Questions of procedure
6.2 Pre-history of the dogma of the filioque
6.3 Discussions of the dogma of the filioque
6.4 Review of the discussions
Chapter 7: Union on the dogma.
7.1 The impasse
7.2 The reversal
7.3 The manipulation
7.4 The agreement on the filioque
Chapter 8: The final questions.
8.1 History of the epiclesis
8.2 History of the azyms
8.3 The composition of the cedulas
8.4 The editing of the decree text
Chapter 9: The prehistory of the primate.
9.1 Preliminary
9.2 The different conceptions of primacy
9.3 Primacy as a stumbling block in relations between East and West
9.4 Some views on primacy
Chapter 10: The union decree.
10.1 The preamble
10.2 The preface
10.3 On the filionue dogma
10.4 About the additio
10.5 About the azyms
10.6 About purgatory
10.7 About the primacy
10.7.1 Text and translation
10.7.2 Analysis
10.7.3 Conclusion on the primacy paragraph
10.8 The conclusion of the decree
Chapter 11: After the council.
Chapter 12: Conclusions.
12.1 Conclusion 1: The schism was irreparable.
12.1.1 Causes of the schism.
12.1.2 Politics and the schism
12.1.3 Conclusion.
12.2 Conclusion 2: The siteresion was means of pressure.
12.2.1 Question.
12.2.2 History of the maintenance obligation
12.2.3 The twelve benefits
12.2.4 Did the Latins fulfill their obligations?
12.2.5 Syropoulos on the siteresion
12.2.6 Conclusion
12.3 Conclusion 3: The emperor forced the Greeks.
12.3.1 Prior
12.3.2 The antecedents of caesaropapism
12.3.3 Syropoulos' image of the emperor
12.3.4 The emperor's intervention
12.3.5 Conclusion
12.4 Conclusion 4: The union decree is pro-Western.
12.5 Conclusion 5: The theological premise was wrong.
12.5.1 Historical overview.
12.5.2 The axiom
12.5.3 The concordance
12.5.4 Conclusion
12.6 Conclusion 6: The council was not ecumenical.
12.7 Conclusion 7: This was not a true union.
12.7.1 Conclusion.
12.7.2 The reasons for the failure.
12.7.3 The opinions
12.7.4 Criticism
12.7.5 Final judgment on the council
12.7.6 A mysterious Byzantine statement about union
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