Ecumenism in Eastern Christendom of the Middle Ages as a consequence of Islamic universalism
Keywords:
Eastern Christianity, Nestorians, Melchites, Coptic Christians, ecumenism, Islam, Islamic culture of the Middle AgesAbstract
In the heyday of Moslem culture of the Middle Ages, one could observe a unifying tendency among Eastern Christians: a number of authors were less likely to polemically contrast various confessions but rather pointed to shared foundations of the Faith. This paper is an attempt to follow this phenomenon in its cultural context.