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The Reformation · 1629
The Eastern Confession of the Christian Faith
Cyril Lucaris · 1572–1638
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What it is
A confession by a patriarch of Constantinople teaching predestination, justification by faith, and scripture's authority over the church — in Calvinist terms.
Why it lasted
The most extraordinary document in Orthodox history, repudiated by six subsequent councils, and its author was strangled by the Ottoman authorities.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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