The History of the Council of Florence (Classic Reprint)

There is, I believe, no Ecclesiastical history in the English language, of a period common to the East and West, which takes the Oriental view of the matter in question. If it were only on this account, the present volume, relating the last attempt at an union between the two great Churches, would possess a certain value. But, it is further to be observed, that several Russian manuscripts and printed works throw a Ught on the Council of Florence which is not afforded by any of its Western historians. It was with great pleasure, therefore, that I acceded to the request of my friend, the Rev. Eugene Popoff, Chaplain to the Russian Embassy in London, to edit the following translation, the work of his son. Although the translators manuscript needed very little correction, there was here and there a phrase which presented a foreign idiom; and some of the proper names were given after the Russ and not after the English fashion of orthography. Beyond this, I have not felt at liberty to make any alteration.
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